Exploration of Mt. Speke and Mt. Emin. 
confidence in their leaders, and followed them with a better 
will. The guides helped them at all the difficult points and 
the caravan was once more in good spirits. At the foot 
of this gully they again entered the senecio forest, through 
which they descended by a gentler slope obliquely towards 
the bottom of the valley, where they found a treeless, marshy 
tract (12,904 feet). This they reached after two and a-lialf 
hours’ march, crossing the torrent above Lake Bujuku. The 
usual obstinate fog enveloped the whole valley. 
From this point they began to ascend by a moderate slope 
directly towards the southern face of Mt. Speke. About 
300 feet higher up, they came across a neve formed by 
avalanches at the foot of the rock wall, which was covered 
above by a glacier broken up into seracs, and, as it were, 
suspended over the valley. Skirting round the neve to the 
left they continued to ascend, directing their steps to a point 
where the south-west ridge of Mt. Speke joins Stuhlmann’s 
Col to the north of a rocky spur clearly visible in the middle 
•of the col. The last bit of way at the foot of the perpendicular 
cliff, overhung by the terminal seracs of the glacier, is exposed 
to the danger of stones falling from above. The ascent is 
•easy but fatiguing on account of the slippery rocks covered 
with moss. 
By the time they reached the watershed, a fine warm sun 
had dissipated the fog, and they stopped for a while to enjoy 
the fine view over the upper amphitheatre of the Bujuku 
Valley. It is completely surrounded by precipitous cliffs. 
Only under Margherita and Alexandra Peaks the gentler slope 
allows the glacier to descend to a lower level, but all the rest 
■of the circle of glaciers stops short at the brow of the cliffs. 
Now and then the roar ol the avalanches of seracs may be 
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