CHAPTER VI. 
Peaks of the Central Group. 
The Bakonjo’s dread of the Western Slopes— H.R.H. leaves Bujongolo—-March 
through fog and mud—The Col on the Watershed—Camp near the Lake— 
Ascent of the Valley to the West of Kiyanja—Camp III—Col at the foot 
of the Central Group — Camp IV — The Bujuku Valley once more in 
sight—Ascent of Alexandra Peak—In the Fog—Climbing Margherita Peak— 
Snow-blindness—Elena and Savoia Peaks—The Expedition united again—- 
Adventures of the Duke’s companions from the 15th to the 20th of June— 
Sella and Roccati climb a peak of the Southern Group. 
Douglas Freshfield bad been told 
by his caravan leader that the col 
towards which the southern ridge 
of Kiyanja runs down, and which 
forms a part of the watershed, had 
been used as a pass by the natives 
on the west of the chain who were 
in the habit of crossing it into the 
Mobuku, on their way to Buamba to 
trade with the Bakonjo. 
The Duke, however, failed to gather 
from his porters the least scrap of 
information as to any way of communication between the 
eastern and western slopes. They appeared rather to experience 
a feeling of terror for the district beyond the ridge, and seemed 
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