From Fort Portal to Bujongolo—Mobuku A alley. 
At Bihunga the Duke began to reduce the number of' 
his caravan. Henceforward the way was to lead through 
uninhabited regions where the commissariat would offer 
increasing difficulties. An agreement was entered into with 
the chiefs of the villages around Ibanda by which they were 
to send parties of porters regularly up the valley with provisions. 
In addition to the limited nature of the resources of so 
small a district, the actual distance to cross and the difficulty 
of the marches would increase as the expedition proceeded 
upwards. 
FORI) OF MOBUKU RIVER. 
They left behind at Bihunga a portion of the baggage, 
consisting of some forty loads, including all those personal 
] 17 
