Bujuku Valley. — Return of the Expedition. 



Here the valley bends slightly southward and the descent 

 becomes steeper. They followed the left side of the river, 

 which falls in rapids and noisy cataracts. A little below the 

 plain the senecios come to an end, but the lobelias continue 

 (Stuhlmanni and Deckenni). 



After crossing the- Manureggio, which is a tributary of the 

 Bujuku and flows into it from the left, they entered a region of 



BAGAXDA VILLAGE. 



giant grass which grows like a bed of reeds between the heaths, 

 and covers on every side the steep declivities dotted with huge, 

 boulders and intersected by a mass of little irregular gorges. 



The natives had made a path by simply trampling down the 

 long thick stalks, which form an elastic surface where you sVi'p, 

 sink in, and stumble at every step. 



Camp XI (9,547 feet) was placed below the gorge of the 

 Portals. They now found themselves once more in tlie true 



