From Fort Portal to Bujongolo—Mobuku Valley. 
glacier. Another interesting and pleasant acquaintance was 
that of the Alpine climber, Mr. A. F. Wollaston, who had left 
the British Museum Expedition for a few days upon the 
invitation of the Sub-Commissioner, Mr. Knowles, and had 
come down to Fort Portal on purpose to meet the Prince. 
OX THE rUBLIC SQUARE, FORT PORTAL. 
As was mentioned in Chapter I, in the months immediately 
preceding the arrival of the Italian Expedition, Wollaston had 
made the ascent of some of the peaks at the head of the 
Mobuku Valley, from the top of which lie had made out 
through the mist two other snowy summits to the north-east, 
higher than those which lie had ascended and seeming to rise 
above the western slopes of the chain towards the Congo. 
He had not been able to make out whether these higher 
mountains were connected with the peaks of the Mohuku 
Valley. 
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