Bujuku Valley.—Return of the Expedition. 
It took the expedition two days to reach Fort Portal 
from Ibanda. Ruwenzori was again enveloped in its usual 
impenetrable veil of clouds and mists and they saw it no 
more. They were now again in the suffocating heat of the 
plain, among the noisy crowd of porters and the familiar 
scenes of native villages with their plantain groves, and 
again received at each stage bv the chieftains with all the 
ceremonial of African etiquette. 
At Fort Portal the English officials, King Kasagama 
with his court, and the missionaries rivalled one another in 
hospitality and courtesy toward H.R.H. and his companions. 
While they were here, Roccati went with Sella upon a 
geological and photographic excursion to the craters and the 
crater lakes of the volcanic region of Toro. The shores of 
these lakes are covered with a dense vegetation of palms, 
dracenas, and euphorbia, which are mirrored in the water, 
while the water itself, the air and the wood swarm with an 
incredibly rich animal life, protected, perhaps, by the super¬ 
stition which causes the natives to shun these craters as haunts 
of wizards and of evil spirits. 
In the meantime, the Duke with Cagni and Cavalli, joined 
later by Sella, made some shooting excursions. 
It was now the dry and less favourable season. It was 
impossible to penetrate the dense grasses which formed walls 
on either side of the paths and hid the surrounding country. 
Every night round Fort Portal the district was lit up with 
the red glare of the fires, which burned miles and miles of 
dry grass. 
In the beginning of August the time came for their 
departure. Messrs. Knowles and Haldane accompanied them 
from Fort Portal. Notwithstanding the frequent storms, 
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