Chapter V. 
the northern groups. The low watershed col had every appear¬ 
ance of forming an easy pass between Bujongolo and the valley 
to the west of the Kiyanja, by which it would be possible to 
reach the foot of the central group without difficulty. 
Before dipping down to the col, the south ridge of the 
Kiyanja rises once more into a knob of rock, which is clearly 
visible from Bujongolo, and is the point ascended by 
Mr. Wollaston in February and in April. 
By one o’clock the party started back. They crossed once 
more the peak which they had ascended first, and proceeded in 
a fog, which was now dense and immovable, over the tracks 
which they had left in the snow in the morning. At three 
o’clock they reached Grauer’s rock, and in half an hour more 
were in the camp beside the Mobuku Glacier. Here they 
found Sella, who had come up with Laurent Petigax and Botta. 
With the help of six natives they had brought up a second 
tent and the photographic apparatus. Sleety rain was now 
falling, which soon turned into a thick fall of snow. 
On the morning of the 11th, the Duke returned to 
Bujongolo. Sella, with Botta and Brocherel, in their turn, 
ascended the col. The tracks of the Duke’s party had 
disappeared under the new snow which had fallen during the 
night, and the mist made it impossible to see even a few 
steps ahead. 
After a few hours spent on the col in vainly waiting for 
the mist to clear, they proceeded to climb the rocky crag which 
Grauer had named after King Edward. Once on the top, in 
spite of the snow which was now falling again, they set up the 
photographic camera on its tripod, and, huddling around it, 
waited patiently. By two in the afternoon Sella gave it up, 
folded up the camera, and was on the point of leaving the 
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