Exploration of Mt. Speke and Mt. Emin. 
electricity that tiny discharges began to crackle upon their 
ice-axes, their tripod, and their barometer. Even their hair 
MT. SPEKE SEEN FROM THE SENECIO FOREST AT T1IE FOOT OF 
SCOTT ELLIOT’S COL. 
crackled upon their heads. It was a disagreeable situation, and 
by no means without danger. 
To kill time, they built a big stone man on a point of rock 
to the north-west, a little below the snow peak. In the 
