Chapter T. 



He had }HU]K>se(l to go up V)y tlie Nyannvaiuba Valley, 

 which, however, he failed to reach owing to the impossibility of 

 fording the River Mohukii, at tliat time swollen by heavy rains 



and ([uite impassable. 



PORTERS HIT, UGANDA. 



As early as 1894 Captain (now General Sir Frederick) 

 Lugard had pointed ont to Scott Elliot tlie Mobuku Valley as 

 the best route l)v which to reach the snow. C S. Moore now 

 started up by this route, taking with him a small number of 

 Suahili porters besides a few natives of the valley. In spite of 

 imfavourable weather, he was able to ascend the valley as far as 

 its head, and discovered for the tirst time the glaciers which 

 encii'cle its upper end. He went up one of these and reached 

 the edge of the terminal ridge, 14,900 feet above sea-level. 



C. S. Moore thus gave us the first irrefutable proof of the 

 existence of genuine glaciers upon Ruwenzori. He further- 



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