Bujuku Valley. — Return of the Expedition. 



grander than the mountain scenery at the head of the Mobuku 

 Valley. 



They soon discovered, among the mosses and reeds on tlie 

 shore of the lake, the track prepared for them by the Bakonjo 

 natives across the gently sloping plain of the upper valley. 

 This plain ends in a gorge formed by spurs which run 

 down from the Moore Peak of Mt. Baker and the Johnston 



THE Kr.rtKr vai.i.ev. 

 Peak of Mt. Speke. Here there is a short, steep barrier, similar 

 in every respect to those which intersect the Mobuku Valley. 

 They now had a sight of the first heaths (12,297 feet), mingled 

 with a few lobelias, which were nearly all dead. 



Makino- their wav down, now on the right liand and now 

 on the left of the torrent, they reached a second plain, after 



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