From Fort Portal to liujon^olo — ]\lobukii \ alley. 



bruslnvood and trees to make room for the seven tents. At 

 the foot of tlie l^onlder tlie natives crowdeil armmd the kitchen 

 place. Tliis camp is 8.7(MJ feet aljove tlie sea-level. In 



THE PORTAL PE.iKS OX THE WAY UP TO BniUN(;A. 



spite of occasional descents a rise of 2,400 feet had been 

 acconi^jlished in one march. Diuint;- the Avliole afternoon the 

 porters ke])t di-opping in, one hv one. tired out with the hard 

 day's journey. Tlie Baganda are a people of the plains, and 

 evidently incapable of enduring the fatigue of mountain 

 niarclies. It had now become obviously necessary to replace them 

 by Bakoiiji), who are acclimatized to this vallcv and accustomed 

 to climb its slopes in the chase jifter marmots and hyrax. 



Every slope in sight was coverefl hv the forest. It was a 

 .scene of vira;in and untouched Nature. Tiie resfions inhabited 

 bv man had l)een indeed l^ft ])eliind. 



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