Chapter IV. 



effects which became iinnecessary in the cold climate of the 

 high mountains, and a number of the boys were also dispensed 

 with. These, as well as tlie supertluous porters, went back to 

 Butannka, a village half-way ])etween the Mobuku Valley and 



FORD OF MOBl'KU RIVER. 



Fort Portal, which now Ijecame the halting-place for all the 

 Baganda who were sent back from the mountains. Last, but 

 not least, the twenty native soldiers of the escort, commanded 

 by Sergeant Green, remained at Bihunga, where they formed a 

 link between the expedition and the lower valley. The portion 

 of the supplies and equipment which was left behind was 

 sheltered in the liut of the British Museum Expedition. 



On the morning of the 5th of June, the caravan again 

 set out upon its wav. An extremely narrow and very steep 

 path through tliick brushwood and thorny branches, which 



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