Chapter VII. 
and less abundant, while above Bujongolo nothing was found 
except leopards, rats, bats, a few crows, hawks, birds of the 
sparrow family, insects and worms. Upon the peaks were 
found worms, neuroptera and diptera. 
The botanical and zoological collections offered abundant 
material, comprising many species which were either new or 
interesting from other points of view, and which have been 
amply described and illustrated in the volume of special studies 
upon Ruwenzori. 
We have now glanced cursorily at the principal results of 
the Italian expedition—results implying sustained effort, owing 
to the extreme shortness of their sojourn in the mountains. 
Having thus briefly reviewed the chief features of the region, 
we may once more take up our narrative. 
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