CHAPTER YII. 



THE MARCH TO FUGA. ASCENT OF THE HIGH- 

 LANDS OP EAST AFRICA. PRESENTATION TO 

 KING KIMWERE. 



Es gibt in Central Afrika Paradiese, die mit der Zeit die 

 Civilisation aussucben wird zum Besten der Menscliheit.' — 



J. YON MULLER. 



On Eebruary 10, after a night of deep wilder- 

 ness-silence, we arose betimes, and appKed our- 

 selves to the task of porterage. The luggage was 

 again reduced — now to the very lowest expression. 

 Eor observations we carried sextant and horizon, 

 two compasses and stand, and a common and a 

 boiling-point thermometer.^ A waterproof carpet- 



* A delicate mercurial barometer (Adie), obligingly lent to 

 me by the Secretary of tbe Bombay Geographical Society, was 

 left for comparison at Zanzibar with the apothecary of the 



