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the rain came, and thereafter, with the exception of a few 
occasional fine days, never ceased, so that the climate fell 
much below the ideal that had been previously formed of it. 
However, excellent collections were made both in zoology 
and botany in spite of the weather, and various excursions 
were carried out with the view of reaching the snowy summits 
of the main range. Among the birds met with at an altitude 
of some 13,000 feet was a splendid new Sun-bird, “ of a 
dark metallic green shot with a wonderful iridescent purple/” 
which has been named Nectarinia dartmouthi /’ after one 
of the most liberal supporters of the expedition. 
The next chief halting-place of the expedition was on the 
plains of Ruisamba, a very different kind of country, which 
flanks the Ruwenzori range on the south-east. Here a 
second base-camp was formed near a village called Muhokya 
and collections were again made. The next effort was to 
find a good resting-place in the Congo Free State district on 
the western slope of Ruweuzori. To do this it was necessary 
to go round the south end of Ruwenzori, and then turn 
northwards down the Semliki Valley to the Congo Free 
State Station of Beni, celebrated as the place where the 
Okapi was discovered by Sir Harry Johnston. Although 
the Ruwenzori Range was reached from this station, and 
the Butagu Valley was ascended to a height of 10,400 feet, 
the hostility of the natives—due, it seems, to the mismanage¬ 
ment of the Belgian officers—soon necessitated a hasty retreat 
to Fort Beni and thence to Toro. Here it was resolved to 
be impracticable to continue the exploration of the eastern 
slope of Ruwenzori in the then disturbed state of the country, 
and it was agreed to break up the expedition. Mr. Legge 
returned straight to England by Entebbe and Mombasa, 
Messrs. Woosnam and Dent made a direct journey to 
the West Coast down the Aruwimi and Congo, and 
Dr. Wollaston and Mr. Carruthers resolved to visit the 
volcanoes of Mfumbiro and Lake Kivu and thence to cross 
the Continent to the West Coast by a more southern route. 
How they accomplished this is well told in the present 
volume, which is one of the best-written and most inter- 
