Chapter VII. 



Ruwenzoii was tln' name most conuiiouly in use in Bantu, 

 and that it ^vas to lie tianslated as " King of tin- Clouds." 

 or '■ Rain-maker." 



Stuhlniann gathered the names Ru-nssoro and Ru-ndjuru 

 from the Wanvoro and Wakonjo natives. In their (halects 

 Niurn and Nssoro slgnifv I'ain, which confirms Stanley's 

 interpretation of the name but with a considerable change 

 in the orthography. David also wrote Rii-nssoro ; he also 

 heard tlie liighest peaks called Kokora. 



Scott Elliot gives Kunsororo as the native name, and 

 says that he lieard from many sources the name Kiriba, 

 which would mean " liigli peak." 



According to A. B. Fisher, the natives of Uganda have 

 no collective name to indicate the entire range, but only 

 separate names for the individual peaks. He gives, however, 

 the names Ptwenzozi and Rwenseri, which he interprets as 

 meaning " Mountain of Mountains " or " The Mountain " par 

 excellence, or as " The Moimtaln oti' there," indicating direction. 

 Birika which resembles the Virika of Casati. and Avuruka 

 and the other variations of Stanley, would simply mean 

 snow. 



Sir Harrv Jolinston heard the snowv portion of tlie chain 

 called Euchurru by the Nyoro natives ; as Ansororo (snow) 

 in Lukonjo ; while among tlie Southern Bakonjos he gathered 

 the name Obweruka ; among the Banjoro, Ebirika ; among 

 the Baamba, to the north-we.st of the range, Gusia : amonu' 

 the Baganda, Gambaragara, etc. 



In so great an micertainty as to the nomenclature. 

 Stanley had every right to select a name, and even if his 

 transcription should not be held to correspond with euplionic 

 exactitude to the native word, vet it might be best to keep 



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