Fui-ther Ascents and Work at Jiuionirolo. 



perfectly clear and very cold nioriiiiig, the Duke aoaiu went 

 up to the Freshfield Pass. Roccati, who had accompanied 

 him so tar. Iiere re-descended to Bujongolo with Sella, while 

 H.R.il. proceeded directly to the Edward Peak, toUowin^- the 

 southern crest aloni;- wliicli Sella had made the ascent three 

 days before. Tlie mists returned before he reached tlie summit. 

 It was only late in the afternoon tliat lie was al)le to take a 

 few angles in a lirief moment of clear skv. 



The Duke returned to the camp at nightfall. (_)n tlie 

 6th of Jidy the weather was again comjiletelv overcast and 

 no work was possible, but on the 7th lie returned earlv in 

 the morning to thd' sunnnit and was al)le to complete all tiie 

 measurements. 



On tlie following morning he ascended the Stairs Peak ot 

 'Sit. Luigi di Savoia before returning to Bujongolo. 



Commander Cagni in the meantime had left Bujongolo on 

 the ()th witli Josepli Petigax, Brocherel and a few natives 

 to ascend the rocky peak to the north of the camp, wliicii was 

 to be connected on one hand with one e.xtremitv of the base 

 line, and on the other with the net of angles of the diti'erent 

 peaks. 



The Cagni Peak, as mav be seen upon the map. rises at 

 the .southern extremity of a buttress wliicli runs Ijetween 

 :\rt. Baker and the South Portal Peak, flanked by two little 

 vallevs coutainintr small lakes and tributarv streams of the 

 Moljuku. 



Wishiuii' to avoid tlie .slabs of rock wliich had iirevented 

 the Duke in his recognizance of tiie :2nd of .July from enteiing 

 the valley to the west of the peak, and likewise to avoid 

 crossing the Mobuku Vallev below Bujongolo in the deep mire 

 and throuirh the dense heath forest. Cagni had decided to yo 



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