From Fort Portal to Biijougolo — Mobuku \'alley. 



glacier. Anotlier interesting and pleasant acquaintance was 

 that of the Alpine cHniher, Mr. A. F. WoUaston, who luul left 

 the British Musemu p]xpedition for a few days iipon the 

 invitation of the SuI)-(Jonin)issioner, Mr. Knowles, and had 

 come down to Fort Portal on purpose to meet the Prince. 



ON TiiK rrni.if s(,irAKE, fokt poutai.. 



As was nientiont-d in ('liapter 1, in the months innuediatelv 

 preceding tlie arrival of the Italian Expedition, WoUaston had 

 made the ascent of some of the peaks at the head of the 

 Mobuku Yallev, from the top of which he h,id luade out 

 through the mist two other snowv simimits to the north-east, 

 hisjher tlian those which he liad ascended and seeminsj: to rise 

 above tlie western slopes of the chain towards the Congo. 

 He had not been able to make out whether these hiirher 

 nwuntains were connected with the peaks of the Mobuku 

 Valley. 



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