Chapter I. 
of the Indian Ocean, and Port Florence, on the eastern bank of 
the Victoria Nyanza. Port Florence was in its turn connected 
with Entebbe, the capital of Uganda, by a regular service of 
steamers. It had thus become possible to reach the centre of 
the African continent without difficulty, at small expense, and 
with an immense saving of time. The country was henceforward 
in a state of peace and security. 
NATIVE CHIEF WITH HIS FAMILY, UGANDA. 
After the expedition of David, no explorer availed himself of 
these favourable conditions until the end of the year 1905, when 
interest in Ruwenzori seemed suddenly to reawaken. Thus it 
happened that at the very moment when H.R.H. the Duke of 
the Abruzzi was forming his plan for an expedition in this 
region, and in the beginning of 1906, when he had actually 
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