Chapter V. 



Ti) tlie nortli, on tlie otliHr luiud, the groups tower above a 

 vast vallev wliere tlu' clear waters of a peaceful lakelet reflect 

 the rocks and olaclers round about. This turned out to be the 

 upper end of that valley which the Prince had detected at its 

 opening into the Mobuku Valley between the two southernmost 

 Portal peaks opposite Nakitawa. As he had then surmised, 

 this vallev does actually penetrate to the heart of the range, 

 and is entirely surrounded by snow peaks and glaciers. To tlie 

 south of it lies the eastern end of Kiyanja, whili- to the 

 west stands the great central group,* formed, as liad l)een 

 seen from the Hima Valley, of four distinct peaks standing- 

 two and two at either end of a ridge whence a great glacier 

 flows down and covers the entire slope. To the north stands 

 the Duwonit of Johnston, which from this jaoint appears in 

 fore-shortening with two squat snow peaks. There could now 

 remain no doubt but that the two northern peaks of the central 

 group were the highest of the whole chain. 



Furtlier ofl', to the right of Duwoni, behind a great spur 

 which I'uns down from Duwoni eastward, appeared two more 

 snow peaksj standing at the head of a tributary of the 

 Bujuku Valley. On the last ridge of this eastern spin- of 

 DuM'oni there is a strange monolith, standing up straight as a 

 tower, and with regular angles, which, at a distance, looks 

 almost architectural. 



The discovery of the Bujuku Valley proved quite clearly 

 that the terminal ridge at the head of the Mobuku Valley is not 

 a portion of the water.shed of the chain, as had been supposed 

 by- all the Duke's predecessors who had come so far. It 

 furthermore,"proved that neither tlie main group, including the 



* Mt. Stanley. f Mt. Speke. 



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