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Three excursions were made from Kissenyies : (1) To the Nira- 

 gongo Volcano, 11,254 feet, the ascent of which was made; (2) to 

 the Karissimbi, Mikeno, and Vissoke Volcanos, which were ascended 

 to 10,000 feet ; (3) to the Bugoye Lava Plains. Insect life is not 

 very abundant in this volcanic region, and no mosquitoes nor white 

 ants are to be found. 



On October 27, a move was made to Rutshuru in the Belgian 

 Congo, which was reached on November 3. The small patches of forest 

 in this neighbourhood were very rich in Lepidoptera. 



The country west of Lake Edward was in an unsettled state and 

 therefore a barge was hired to take the expedition up the lake to 

 Kasindi. Rutshuru was left on November 10, and proceeding over 

 the Rutshuru and Ruindi Plains, to the south-west corner of Lake 

 Edward, the barge was met near the estuary of the Ruindi River. 



Kasindi was reached on December 3, and after a few days a trail 

 was taken through the plains to the west of the Semliki River. Beni 

 was reached on December 14. 



Beni was left on the 17th, and the ascent of Ruwenzori commenced 

 by way of the Butahu Ravine. December 24 and 25 were spent under 

 the snow-caps at 13,000 feet. Several very interesting species were 

 collected on this trip. Beni was reached again on the 31st. Leaving 

 this place on January 3, the Semliki Forest was entered and a north- 

 westerly direction taken. A camp was made on one of the sources of 

 the Ibima River and four weeks spent in collecting in the forest around. 

 At this camp Mr. Barns was unfortunate in losing his personal 

 attendant, who died of sleeping sickness, and one of the porters suc- 

 cumbed to a kind of Spanish influenza. A complete change of the 

 personnel of the "safari" had to be made, and then the march was 

 resumed to the north on February 10. 



The west side of the Semliki Valley was followed and the escarp- 

 ment mounted two days beyond Lesse. 



Mr. Barns left the main camp south of Boga, and made an excur- 

 sion of four days into the broken country to the west, drained by the 

 small streams running into the Lenda River. Few if any white men 

 have penetrated this region. Leaving this district they pushed on to 

 Irumu on the Ituri River, reaching that place on February 19. 



Irumu was left on March 9, the Ituri River crossed, and the 

 valley followed to Avakubi by way of the new Belgian Post of 

 Penghe. 



Leaving the Ituri River at Avakubi, they crossed the watershed 



