From Fort Portal to Bujongolo—Mobuku Valley. 
forms one of the Portals. Beyond this, again, rises the 
snowy mountain which has been already described, and which 
Sir Harry Johnston had named Duwoni. 
The general trend of the valley is from east to west. Marks 
of glacial action are evident. A little above Ibanda, on the 
opposite side of the valley, lies a stretch of marginal moraine 
about thirty yards deep. A number of spurs seem to be the 
remains of frontal moraines cut off by the torrent. There are 
numerous boulders and round smooth rocks of the type 
known as moutonnees. Finally, looking down the valley, a 
transversal ridge has every appearance of a terminal moraine. 
Round about the camp are numerous villages and plantain 
groves. The natives are naked, with strings of shells round 
their loins from which bits of cloth are suspended. 
At Ibanda there is not the usual shed for eating under cover. 
Fortunately the weather was fine, and a few trees near to the 
torrent offered shade for the midday meal. Not a single fish 
was to he found, in spite of long and attentive inspection of 
the water. 
The evening was perfectly clear and the light died away 
slowly. The familiar sound of the torrent called to memory 
quiet evenings passed in some remote valley of our own 
Alps. Below the camp blazed numerous fires which now and 
again seemed extinguished and rekindled as the dark shapes of 
the natives flitted busily to and fro in front of them. The 
mountain walls of the valley stood out clear on the starry sky. 
The snows of Duwoni glittered softly in the bright starlight. 
The prospect seemed very hopeful. The Italian expedition 
were more fortunate than their predecessors in the circumstance 
that, before even reaching the feet of the mountains, they had 
sight of many peaks, and were able to ascertain the important 
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