Further Ascents and Work at Buionffolo 



Mt. Speke. Several Bakonjd hud liruis.-d tlirii- feet and 

 stood in need of the doctor's care. Protitiny- \,y the absence 

 of the greater part of tlic tents, they proceeded witl. tli,- 

 work of improving the camp, eidai-ging tlie ])latf(>rms alivudv 

 existmg and forming new ones, tiUing up holes, moving l)locl<s 

 of rock and cutting down trees to increase tlie level space at 

 their disposal. 



The fearful weather prevented' them fiom takini;- anv 

 observations. During a wliole week ( 'ommandfr Cagnl was not 

 al)le to see the svul for a single continuous hour. The rainfall 

 was sligiit hut almost incessant, and the fog was so dense as 

 to make it imjmssible to see the further side of the valley. 



In sj)ite of all this, Connnandt^' ( agni was able to take 

 a few astronomical observations during fugitive moments of 

 clear weather on the 25th, l'7th, and I'Sth of June. 



On the 25th, Vittorio Sella, taking advantage of a slight 

 improvement in the weather, started fi-om ('amp IV with 

 Roccati, Brocherel, and Botta and accomplished tlip ascent 

 of the Moebius Peak, the onlv one of Mt. Stanley which had 

 not yet Ijeen ascended. He tlu'U maile a short excursion 

 on the .sei'pentine rocks of the western slo|ies. crossing the 

 ridge after demolishing the great snowy cornice with the ice- 

 axes. Here thev had a view of two good-sized lakes in the 

 \alley to the west. They came back to camp under a lieavy 

 .snowfall, but the dav had not bet-n wasted. 



He set forth again on the followmg mornmg. b\' flavhreak. 

 with Brocherel and Botta. From the ice plain thev saw the 

 i)\ike on the snmnut of the A'ittorio i-juanuele Peak. 'I'hey 

 took photographs between one dnl't of mist and anotiier, 

 and in due time reached the sunumt of Alexandra I'eak. 

 The snow began to tall again as they returned to camp. 



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