From Xaples to Entebbe. 



peaks uncovered " fVequentlv, almost dailv.' < >ii t\iv otlier hand, 

 Sir Harry Johnston cites the local residents to tlie effect that 

 the hest months ai'e November and I)t^'eeml)er. Freshfield, on 

 tlie contraiy, encoinitered tlie verv worst weather in these 

 months. 



Accoinits iiiven hv tlie missionaries residinti' in tlie district 

 of Toro. at the foot of the cliain. ajipeaivd to concur with 

 Sir William Garstin's report on the basin of the Upper Nile in 

 admitting the rains to be somewhat less fre(|nent in Januarv and 

 February, and in .June and .July, althonnh the atmosphere upon 

 the mountains remained gloomy e\e'n ihniiii;' those months. The 



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t'Xperiences rep()rted by pioneers were not in agreement with 

 these forecasts which, however, it seemed better to accept, as 

 formino- the only l)asis for a decision. The Duke therefore 



