The Discovery of IJuwenzori. 



to only a verv few, on rare occasions and t'rom a great distance, 

 actuallv to liave sight of the whole eliain. 



IXCEXSE TREE (?) 



Under these circumstances, tlie \ie\\s of travellers as to the 

 height of tlie principal peaks, tlie e.xtension of the glaciers, and 

 the. general features of the range were widely divergent and 

 hased upon scant v foinidations. These vie\\'s were either 

 derived fi\)ni a fleeting visi(jn of far-off mountains in great part 

 hidden hv lower buttresses of the cham. or else based upon 

 knowledge of one single valley whose surrounding barrier of 

 ridges hid from sight all the greater and more important features 



of the range. 



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