Chapter IV. 
owing to the small space of level ground available. The porters 
encamped as best they could on the steep slope. 
The view of the mountains was entirely cut off by the spur 
upon which the camp stood. On the other side they overlooked 
MT. SFEKE (THE DUWONI OF JOHNSTON) SEEN FROM THE LOWER 
MOBUKU VALLEY. 
the plain of Ibanda, and down the wide valley till the point 
where everything disappeared in the misty atmosphere. The 
near hill sides were clad with dense forest diversified by 
small clearings covered with deep grass. There was scarcely 
any sign of animal life. Near the camp they saw lobelias for the 
first time. There were many dracaenas, and a most beautiful 
erithryna covered with flame-coloured blossoms. A narrow strip 
of small cultivated fields surrounds the tiny village, which is 
inhabited by a few Bakonjos, naked in spite of the cold of this 
high region. 
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