CHAPTER IT. 



Preparation and Departure of the Expedition from Italy. 

 From Naples to Entebbe. 



Choice of Season — Objects of the Expedition — Organization of the Expedi- 

 tion — Departure from Naples — Mombasa — Lieutenant E. AVinspeare falls ill — 

 The Uganda Railway — The Tableland of Athi — Kift Valley — Port Florence — 

 Kisumu Market — On the Winifred — The Gulf of Kavirondo — Smiset on 

 Lake Victoria — Steaming upon the Equator — The Islands — Sleeping Sickness — 

 The Archipelago of Sesse — Arrival at Entebbe. 



Of all the difficulties with which 



most of the predecessors of the 



Duke of the Ahruzzl had had 



to contend in the exploration of 



Kuwenzori, the gravest had heen 



tlie obstinate bad weather, the 



nearly incessant rain, and, in the 



brief intervals, the dense mist 



which shrouded the whole region. 



These untoward conditions gave the utmost importance to 



the decision as to which season seemed likely to be the 



least unfavourable. Judging indeed by the reports of former 



expeditions which had set forth in nearly every month of the 



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