. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . not butaccept their apologies for what had clearly been anaccident, and gifts were exchanged. We were told that they had met gangs of the WaraSura, but had met bad luck, and only one small tuskof ivory rewarded their efiorts. Ipoto, according tothem, was twenty days march through the forest fromBukoko. VOL. IL 18 274 IN DARKEST AFRICA. 30. Bukoko. Ruwenzori was now known as Virika by the Awambaof this district. Since emerging from the Awamba forest nearUgarama, we had journeyed along a narrow stri
. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . not butaccept their apologies for what had clearly been anaccident, and gifts were exchanged. We were told that they had met gangs of the WaraSura, but had met bad luck, and only one small tuskof ivory rewarded their efiorts. Ipoto, according tothem, was twenty days march through the forest fromBukoko. VOL. IL 18 274 IN DARKEST AFRICA. 30. Bukoko. Ruwenzori was now known as Virika by the Awambaof this district. Since emerging from the Awamba forest nearUgarama, we had journeyed along a narrow strip,covered with prodigious growth of cane-grass reachingas high as fifteen feet. From eminences it appears to befrom three to eight miles wide, separating the deep, darkforest. From the immediate vicinity of the mountain,notwithstanding that the grass was of the height andthickness of bamboo, the path was infinitely better, andwe had but to cross one or two ravines and watercoursesduring a march. A feature of it was the parachute-shaped acacia, which in the neighbourhood of the : ,^/v. THE lEAK OF EDWENZORI, FROM AWAMBA FOREST. Nyanza was the only tree visible. Near the forest linethis tree disappears, and the vegetation, riotouslyluxuriant and purely tropical, occupied the rest of thevalley. The streams we had lately crossed were cold mountaintorrents with fairly wide beds, showing gravel, sand,cobble stones, specimens of the rocks above, gneiss,porphyry, hornblende, sandstone, steatite, hematite, andgranite, with scveial pumice lumps. Three of theprincipal rivers, called the Rami, Rubutu, and Singiri,were respectively of the temperatures 68°, 62°, and 65°Fahrenheit. THE SEMLIKI VALLEY. 275 . After a halt of two days at Bukoko we marclied a of eight miles to the village of Banzombe, ^^ ^situate on a narrow, level-topped spur between two deep °^°™ ^ravines, on the edge of the forest, which here had creptup to the base-line of the snow mountains. As
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