Peaks of the Central Group. 



twenty minutes after leaving- Bujongolo, and liad inunediatel}' 

 kindled a fire and lit their pipes. After another half- hour's 

 marcli they repeated this performance. When urged to 

 proceed they would answer Ijy pointing to their head, feet, 

 belly or legs, each of wliich portions of their persons seemed to 

 have been suddenly afflicted with painful complaints. To make 



MT. STANLEY SEE\ FllOM FRESHFIEI.D S COL. 



things worse, the fog clo.sed in again, and tlie marshy valley 

 was crossed without a glimpse of anything beyond tlie senecios 

 and lobelias ai'ound them, and the moss, nnid ami stones at 

 their feet. The watershed* was at last reached after an easy 

 climb, partlv on the slope and ])artly in a gorge. 



* Freshfield Pass. 

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