The Ruwenzori Mountains 



could be picked up in handfiils. Before leaving, it was 

 interesting to note that my followers, to a man, picked little 

 bunches of heather and other plants, in the same way as a 

 European might, to bring luck or guard against evil. It 

 may even be that in the remote past this superstition, held 

 by both black and white alike, sprang from one source — the 

 monkey-man of Equatorial Africa. 



So now it was " all over bar the shouting." Ruwenzori 

 had not altogether let me down lightly, as I had been hailed, 

 snowed and rained upon, and nearly burnt up. I was, 

 however, amply compensated, for I had made a fine collection 

 of insects, my pictures turned out well, and I had obtained 

 a unique cinematograph film of the snow-peaks and their 

 alpine surroundings. 



Collecting insects en route, I slowly returned to Mbeni 

 in time for a New Year celebration ; having been absent 

 thirteen days. 



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