From Naples to Entebbe. 
of Aosta. Ollier and Brocherel had already guided the 
Mackinder-Hausburg Expedition to Mount Kenya (East Africa) 
in 1899. There was also Erminio Botta, of Biella, the assistant 
photographer of Sella, who had had experience of rough life 
and exploration in the Caucasus, in Alaska and in the Himalaya. 
Lastly there was the cook, Igino Igini, of Acquapendente, who 
had passed an Arctic winter in the Duke’s service in the Bay 
of Tejrlitz. 
I will not describe at length the preparation of the 
equipment, to which the Prince attended with the same 
scrupulous care for detail which had so much contributed to 
the success of his former undertakings. It was especially 
difficult and complicated on this occasion, owing to the 
necessity of meeting the requirements both of a long march 
PORT FLORENCE. 
across tropical regions, and of a prolonged sojourn among ice 
and snow. 
Everything was ready by the beginning of April, and on the 
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