Exploration of Mt. Speke and Mt. Emin. 
near the top, just under the col, and Camp VI was established 
at a distance of about half a mile below the Umberto Glacier 
upon a little rocky terrace on the top of a precipice which reached 
to the bottom of the valley. About 500 feet lower down, 
this valley forms a sort of amphitheatre surrounded by 
precipitous cliffs, excepting in the centre where a gentler 
slope leads to the Cavalli Pass. To the west it narrows 
Umberto Peak. Kraepelin Peak. 
MT. EMIN SEEN FROM THE IOLANDA GLACIER. 
(Negative taken lg J/.It.fJ.) 
into a gorge through which flows the torrent which springs 
from the southern glaciers of Mt. Emin. The day’s march 
had been long, and all were tired. 
On the morning; of the 28th of June there was again a 
prospect of bad weather. They left with a cloudy skv and 
proceeded to ascend a rocky ridge which runs down from 
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