Chapter IV. 
effects which became unnecessary in the cold climate of the 
high mountains, and a number of the boys were also dispensed 
with. These, as well as the superfluous porters, went back to 
Butanuka, a village half-way between the Mobuku Valley and 
FOEO OF MOBUKU RIVER. 
Fort Portal, which now became the halting-place for all the 
Baganda who were sent back from the mountains. Last, but 
not least, the twenty native soldiers of the escort, commanded 
by Sergeant Green, remained at Biliunga, where they formed a 
link between the expedition and the lower valley. The portion 
of the supplies and equipment which was left behind was 
sheltered in the hut of the British Museum Expedition. 
On the morning of the 5th of June, the caravan again 
set out upon its way. An extremely narrow and very steep 
path through thick brushwood and thorny branches, which 
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