CHAPTER VIII. 

 Exploration of Mt. Speke and Mt. Emin. 



The Descent into the Bujuku Valley — Stuhlmann's Col — Western Slopes of 

 -Mt. Speke— Ascent of Vittorio Emanuele Peak — Storm and P^lectrical 

 Phenomena upon the Peak — Two Days' Bad Weather — Glacier Torrents of 

 Kuwenzori — The Duke reaseends Vittorio Emanuele Peak — Crossing the 

 Western Valleys — Camp at the Foot of Mt. P>nin — Ascent of Umlierto Peak 

 — Return to Bujongolo — Thi-ee Days' Marcli through the liain — licLapitulatiuii 

 of the woik done. 



We left off the iiaiTiitive at 

 the point when the expedition 

 liad assembled in (Jamp IV, 

 above Scott Elliot Col, near the 

 Elena Glacier of Mt. Stanley, 

 on the I'lst of June. 



On the followino; morninir, 

 June 22nd, the Duke once more 

 prepared to leave his companions 

 and jiursne the exploration of 

 the eliain, directing his steps 

 towards tlie northern groups. 

 Some days before, from the summit of Alexandra Peak, 

 he bad been able to ascertain that the most convenient 

 and the shortest route to Mt Speke and Mt. Emin lay 

 along their western slopes, which could be easily reached 

 by crcssing the Up}>er Bujuku Vallev and Stuhlmaim's Col, 



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