From Fort Portal to Bujongolo—Mobuku Valley. 
The camp of Kasongo was reached before noon. This camp 
stands high upon one of the spurs of the range. Lake Ruisamba 
was just visible through the mists which hid the plain. 
Between Kasongo and the Mobuku Valley there was still 
one last valley to be crossed, known as the Hirna. 
Soon after leaving the camp, oil the morning of the 3rd of 
June, a portion of the high chain appeared in sight to the west¬ 
ward, framed between the sides of the valleys. First appeared 
two rocky peaks # with a great glacier at their feet. As the 
expedition proceeded southward, and went down into the Valley 
of Hima, these peaks were gradually hidden ; while to their 
right, that is northward of them, came into sight, bit by bit, 
the double peakf covered with snow, which, as seen from Kaibo 
and Butiti, appeared to form part of the central group, and to 
be the highest of all. 
The Hima River was crossed upon a light bridge, and after 
this the pat! 1 ran up the valley for a short distance westward, 
then turned southward again and ascended the slope of the 
buttress, behind which lay the Mobuku Valley. It was still 
early in the morning when the expedition reached the top of 
the ridge, and commenced to descend the other slope into the 
Mobuku Valley. 
Meantime the peaks of Ruwenzori continued to come out 
one after another to the westward. To the right of the double 
snow peak, and separated from it by a low, wide col, appeared 
another group of peaks,| which extended northward in the 
shape of an ice ridge edged by a big cornice, under which 
stretched a glacier. 
* Elena and Savoia Peaks of the map. 
t Alexandra and Margherita Peaks, 
t Mt. Speke (see illustrations, pp. 115-116). 
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