Chapter IV. 



jiositidiis l)el(i\\' tlif i()})e to give greater security. The porters, 

 witli tlii'ir loads, strao'p-led across iii)-stream of the cord and 

 holding hv it. Ill tliis way tlie wliole jiaitv was soon 

 reassembled on the other bank of the Mobiikn without 

 accident and resumed tlieir way, now ascending the wide level 

 valley bottom as far as the camp of Ibanda. 



Ibanda (4,540 feet) stands upon the right bank of the 

 Mobuku River at a point where the valley widens into a plain 

 more than one mile wide, sliut in bv rounded hills and covered 



UETWEEX nUWOX.\ AND K.VSONGO. 



Axith deep grasses and a few scattered trees. A small tributary 

 valley opens near the camp. Further up, the vallev appears 

 to be completelv shut in bv a high and steep peak which 



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