10 
THE KILIM A-NJAR 0 EXPEDITION. 
njaro and stayed there from the end of July to the 
beginning of September, and was able entirely to corro¬ 
borate the statements of the much-maligned Rebmann. 
He was not able to ascend higher than 8000 feet, 
but on a succeeding visit in December, 1862, he 
attained an altitude of 10,500 feet, although on 
neither occasion did he approach anywhere near the 
snow. He made, however, an admirable survey of 
the whole southern slope of the mountain, which is 
still and has been our chief authority for the delinea¬ 
tion of Kilima-njaro on the map. His researches were 
rather added to than superseded by the journeys of 
Thomson and myself. Yon der Decken calculated the 
height of the two great peaks, Kibo and Kimawenzi, 
and considerably reduced the exaggerated estimate of 
their respective altitudes. He, however, erred slightly 
in under-estimating the height of Kibo, which he gives 
as only 18,700. My own observations make it 18,800, 
and Thomson gives it as 18,880. Yon der Decken 
(still traditionally known on the mountain as the 
“ Baroni ”) received the gold medal of the Royal 
Geographical Society for his careful surveys of Kilima¬ 
njaro and its vicinity. 
In 1871, the Rev. Charles New, a missionary, who 
had been sent out to East Africa by the United 
Methodist Free Church Mission, made a journey to 
Mosi, in Caga, and thence ascended Kilima-njaro to 
the verge of the snow, reaching an altitude of about 
14,500 feet. He spent the month of August on the 
mountain, but did not go over much new ground. 
Encouraged by his pleasant experiences during this 
trip and filled with a craving for further exploits in 
the same field of fascinating mystery, he returned to 
Caga two years later, with the intention of pursuing 
