Chapter IV. 
last it started, with the usual shouts, preceded by the English 
and Italian flags. 
The baggage was already diminished by the rations 
consumed during the preceding fortnight. It was now further 
reduced by a number of personal effects which were left behind 
at Fort Portal. Consequently, a portion of the porters had 
been dismissed, and those retained were selected among the 
strongest and healthiest. 
The Prince was accompanied on his start from Fort Portal by 
Mr. Knowles, the Collector, Mr. Haldane and Mr. Wollaston, 
HILLS NEAR FORT PORTAL. 
who was on his way to rejoin the British Museum Expedition 
in the Nyamwamba Valley. 
An escort of twenty native soldiers accompanied the caravan. 
Their wives had come to bid them farewell. The form of their 
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