Exploration of Mt. Speke ancl Mt. Emin. 
extreme end of the terminal snow ridge. To the south-west 
rises the mighty mass of Mt. Stanley with its five peaks, of 
which the Alexandra Peak is scarcely visible to the left and to 
the back of Margherita Peak; while on the great ice plain form¬ 
ing the Stanley plateau they were able to discern, like little 
black specks, the caravan of Vittorio Sella, on his way up to the 
Alexandra Peak that morning. The ring of glaciers ends to 
the east with the Moore Peak of Mt. Baker, where they saw 
the stone man which Vittorio Sella had set up there a few 
days before. 
Through the opening formed by the Scott Elliot Pass, as 
if through a window, they saw at a distance the western 
extremity of Mt. Luigi di Savoia. Between this mountain 
and the pass the eye follows the valley down to the lakes 
to the west of Mt. Baker. Here in the pale light of the 
dawn they made out a fire. This was the camp of the native 
porters who were bringing supplies. 
Thus, at that early hour, from the summit of Mt. Speke, 
the Duke saw the whole carefully organized work of his 
expedition proceeding before his eyes. 
A little after seven o’clock they were hack at the tent, 
and spent the rest of the day in drying in the sun their 
equipment, which was soaked with the rain of the previous 
days. 
Towards evening a few more Bakonjo arrived with pro¬ 
visions. The night was absolutely clear and starry, and the sun 
rose in a perfectly clear sky. The Duke started ahead with 
a guide and proceeded northward across the interval between 
the lakes and the foot of the cliff, a rocky ledge upon which, 
about 600 feet further up, the glacier comes to an end in a 
cascade of seracs. They proceeded by leaping from one to 
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