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many-hued slopes, contrasting with its snow-clad peak, gleam- 

 ing in the beams of the setting sun. Fresh snow covered the 

 whole saddle, and extended apparently to the upper portion of 

 the primeval forest. We now for the first time made out the 

 third peak of Kilimanjaro, which, being considerably lower than 

 the other two, rarely emerges from the masses of clouds in 

 which the summits are generally hidden. 



LAKE BALBAL. 



On the 8th we marched farther along the Akati, nearly as 

 far as its junction with the Magsuru, on the left bank of which, 

 beneath a few venerable sycamores, we camped for the night. 



On these two marches we only met a few Masai sent out 

 as spies to patrol the border districts between Masailand and 

 Arusha-wa-ju. We should not come upon these dreaded 

 people in numbers till we reached the Dariama, and considering 

 that we had exhausted our goods for barter, &c, we were 



