From Fort Portal to Bujougolo — ^lobuku Valley. 



As the valley rises it puts on little by little a grim and 

 mysterious aspect. The forbidding precipices of the Portal 

 peaks seem absolutely to close its deep western recesses. 



About half-way up the spur is a narrow grassy ledge, where 

 are perched a few native huts. These are the last human 

 habitations of this valley. Beyond everything is desert. The 

 place is called Bihunga, 1,760 feet above Ibanda, and 6,300 feet 

 above the sea. Here the British Museum Expedition had spent 



Alexandra and Margherita Peaks. 



Mt. Speke. 



THE SX(J\V I'EAKS OF RUWENZORI, SEEX FROM THE HIMA VALLEY. 



several months in collecting material for research. A spacious 

 hut still stood as a record of its sojourn. 



The tents were pitched around this hut witli difficulty, 



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