Chapter TV. 
patches of moss. In the bottom of the valley the soft, thick, 
mossy carpet was strewn with violets and forget-me-nots, which 
startle the European traveller by the unexpected familiarity of 
their appearance. 
The day was fine, and the Duke of the Abruzzi was far 
too impatient to consent to stop at Buamba, close to the end 
of the valley, nearly in sight of Bujongolo. They snatched a 
morsel in haste, and started once more across the flowery 
plateau in full sight of a graceful waterfall, framed in foliage 
and flowers, falling from a steep point on the right side of the 
valley. 
The way proceeded for a certain distance upon the left side 
of the Mobuku, and then crossed again to the right at the foot 
of the last rise. The valley is full of traces of the former 
passage of glaciers, the rocks are worn smooth and streaked ; 
there are moraine piles, boulders, etc., etc. 
One last climb up a steep slope some 600 feet high, over 
mud and stone, brings the expedition to the right side of the 
valley, where a heap of blocks, surrounded by tree heaths, 
are overhung by a high rock which forms a shelter. This is 
Bujongolo, a veritable eyrie, at a height of 12,461 feet, and 
2,528 feet above Kichuchu. 
The Prince and his companions reached this point about two 
in the afternoon, leaving the caravan of porters far behind. 
Most of the latter had stopped at the Buamba shelter, and only 
a few with a small number of parcels rejoined the expedition 
that evening. 
The place was rough and wild. A cold and biting wind 
blew off the glacier, and suggested surroundings very different 
from those usually associated with Equatorial Africa. 
The members of the expedition were full of excitement and 
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