From Naples to Entebbe. 



of Aosta. Oilier and Bioclierel liad alreadv o'liided the 

 Mackiuder-Haiisburg Expedition to Mount Kenya (East Africa) 

 in 1899. There was also Enninio Botta, of Blella, the assistant 

 photographer of Sella, who had had experience of rouoh life 

 and exploration in the Caucasus, in Alaska and in tlie Hiinalava. 

 L-astly there was the cook, Igino Igini, of Acquapendente, \v\n> 

 had passed an Arctic winter in tlie Dukes service in the Bay 

 of Teplitz. 



I will not describe at length tlie preparation nf the 

 equipment, to wliich tlie Prince attended with tlie same 

 scnipuLms care for detail which liad so mueli contributed to 

 the success of his former undertakings. It was especially 

 ditKcult and complicated on this occasion, owing to the 

 necessity of meeting the letjuirements liotb of a long march 



I'l iKT FLOKENX'E. 



across trt)pical regions, and of a prolonged sojourn among ice 

 and snow. 



Everything was ready liy the beginning of April, and on tlie 



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