Chapter V. 
glaciers and peaks around them were the most important of 
the whole chain. Wollaston alone had had a glimpse of the 
groups to northward, but the fogs had not permitted him to 
appreciate their number nor their exact situation. Even in the 
former attempts to explore the range from the west, single 
mountains only had been visible. Possibly David had had a 
wider view, but his description is vague and confused. 
It was barely 6.30 in the morning when the little party once 
more set out towards the west in the direction of the highest 
peaks of the group, proceeding over hard snow broken by a 
few crevasses on the left flank of the crest facing the Mobuku 
Valley. 
The ridge rises first to a peak* of broken and rotten rock 
(15,843 feet), of which H.R.H. reached the summit at 8 a.m. A 
light wind was blowing from the western valley, and drifts of 
mist began now and again to shroud the prospect from their 
sight. 
To the west of this peak a jagged and slightly marked arete 
leads precipitously down to the pass which connects Kiyanja 
with the central and highest group. The main ridge, on the 
other hand, bends southward, and from thence onward forms part 
of the watershed of the range between the Mobuku to the east 
and another smaller valley which falls away westward toward 
the Semliki. The west face of Kiyanja is precipitous like the 
north face, which overhangs the Bujuku Valley. 
Without stopping on this first peak, the caravan proceeded 
southward along the ridge towards the highest point, now less 
than 400 yards distant. At 9.15 a.m. the Prince was the first to 
set foot upon the highest summit of Kiyanja,+ 15,988 feet. The 
rocks of the summit are covered with fulgurites in the form of 
* Semper Peak. f Edward Peak. 
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