Exi)loratiou of ^It. Speke and Mt. Eniiu. 



iiPiU- the t(i[), just uiidrr the col, ;ni(l Caiiip \'l was estulilishml 

 at a distance of ahout half a mile lielow the Uml)erto (Jlacier 

 upon a little rocky terrace on the top of a precipice w liich reacheil 

 to the bottom of the valley. About 500 feet lower down, 

 this valley foi-ms a sort of amphitheatre suriduiided hv 

 precipitous cliffs, exceptiuj;- in the centre wliere a yjeutler 

 slope leads to tlie Cavalli Pass. To the west it nariows 



UiulKTtK Peak. 



Ki-acpcliii Peak. 



MT. EMIN SKEX FKOM THK K)r..\NI).V ilLACIKI!. 



i\iyalnt t,ih-ii /.// II. II. II.) 



into a i»"orij;e thi'oii!:;'h which flows the torrent which sprinirs 

 from the southern glaciers of ,Mt. Emin. The days march 

 had been lonn,-. and all were tired. 



Uu the morning' of tiie 2Sth of .Inne there was agani a 

 prospect of l)ad weather. They left with a cloudy sky and 

 proceeded to ascend a rock\- ridge which runs down from 



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