From Fort Portal to Bujongolo—Mobuku Valley. 
As the valley rises it puts on little by little a grim and 
mysterious aspect. The forbidding precipices of the Portal 
peaks seem absolutely to close its deep western recesses. 
About half-way up the spur is a narrow grassy ledge, where 
are perched a few native huts. These are the last human 
habitations of this valley. Beyond everything is desert. The 
place is called Bihunga, 1,760 feet above Ibanda, and 6,300 feet 
above the sea. Here the British Museum Expedition had spent 
Alexandra and Margherita Peaks. 
Mt. Speke. 
THE SXOW PEAKS OF RUWENZORI, SEEN FROM THE HIMA VALLEY. 
several months in collecting material for research. A spacious 
hut still stood as a record of its sojourn. 
The tents were pitched around this hut with difficulty, 
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