From Fort Portal to Bujongolo—Mobuku Valley. 
The path now went down to the Mobuku Fiver, which 
flows in a bed about 25 feet deep hollowed out through ancient 
alluvial deposits. This torrent is some 60 feet wide, the 
ACACIAS ON THE KOAD BETWEEN DUWONA AND IvASONGO. 
water nearly three feet deep, and the current violent. The 
water is cool, but of a yellowish hue, which does not make it 
attractive to drink. 
While the caravan was collecting on the bank, the chiefs 
of the neighbouring villages were arriving from either side 
of the valley, with their attendants bearing stools and umbrellas 
and followed by troops of natives. They all took part in 
helping the caravan to cross the ford. A rope was stretched 
across the current, and numbers of natives took up their 
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