Biijiiku Valley. — Return of the Expedition. 



On the iiiorning of the 15th, tlie Duke, with two guides and 

 a few native porters crossed the plain to the north, steerino- 

 towards a depression on the ridge to the north of the vallev 

 which runs down from Mt. Speke. This depression he reached 



CAMP IX, BUJlKr VAI-LEY. 



by ascending up a small lateral valley skirting the side in order 

 to avoid the dense brush. From the ridge they went down into 

 the Migusi Valley and followed for some distance the tracks of a 

 leopard, which liad made its way through tlie thickets. 



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