Chapter VI. 



Mobuku Glaciei-. Kroni tlif ool wliicli tliey bad just traversecb 

 a nearly ])erpeii(Hcular rock wall tails down to this valley on 

 the north. The eve followed the vallev fur a long- distance 

 eastward and saw it turn southward in the distance to join 

 the Molinku. Tims there remained no possible doubt as to 

 this beino- really the Bujuku Valley, and as to the great 

 suowv nioiuitaui to the north l)einu- really tlie Duwoiii of 

 .lohustou. To the south-east the view is shut out by tlie 

 mass of Kiyauja. 



The u'uides who had elindjed the ulacier to make out 

 the way to the central group returned towards evening. 

 The sun.set was less clear than on the preceding days. The 

 extreme nearness of tlie goal made the forced delay intoleral)le. 

 The Duke, cooped up with the guides in the narrow space 

 of a single tent, passed a great portion of the night in 

 anxious watching, preoccupied by disagreeable doubts as to 

 the weather. 



Finalh'. the dav dawned on the 18th of June \\"ith a clouded 

 grey sky. They roped together hastily and in silence. Joseph 

 Petigax and ( )llier came tirst, then the Duke, and lastly, 

 Brocherel. 'i'liey heiian the ascent of the iiflacier alono- the 

 way traced l)y the guides on the jj receding day. The great 

 ice plain was reached without difficulty in about one hour. 

 It was ().:!() in the morning, and the peaks whicli they desired 

 to reach stood before them at a very short ilistance. They 

 were both covered with snow, and the .southermnost, which 

 stood nearest to tliem, showed a I'ock precipice on the east 

 side suiinounted by a bi<i- cornice of snow and was ioined 

 by a romided ice col to the northern peak, whicli was some- 

 what higher, and from which ran down two ridges, one 

 eastward in a straight line towards the valley, the other north- 



