. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . .Shortly after 4 we halted among some high heaths for camp 3. Bakokoru. 278 IN DARKEST AFBICA. Breaking down the largest bushes we made roiigh shelters for ourselves,collected what firewood we could find, and in other ways made ready forthe night. Firewood, however, was scarce, owing to the wood being sowet that it would not burn. In consequence of this, the lightly-cladZanzibaris felt the cold very much, tliough the altitude was only about8,500 feet. On turning in the thermometer registered
. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . .Shortly after 4 we halted among some high heaths for camp 3. Bakokoru. 278 IN DARKEST AFBICA. Breaking down the largest bushes we made roiigh shelters for ourselves,collected what firewood we could find, and in other ways made ready forthe night. Firewood, however, was scarce, owing to the wood being sowet that it would not burn. In consequence of this, the lightly-cladZanzibaris felt the cold very much, tliough the altitude was only about8,500 feet. On turning in the thermometer registered 60° 1^. Fromcamp I got a view of the peaks ahead, and it was now that I began tofear that we should not be able to reach the snow. Ahead of us, lyingdirectly in our path, were three enormous ravines; at the bottom of atleast two of these there was dense bush. Over these we should haveto travel and cut our way through the bush. It would then resolveitself into a question of time as to whether we could reach the summitor not. I determined to go on in the morning, and see exactly what. X > 6,W. TWIN CONES OF BUWENZOKI, BY LIEUT. bTAIBS. difficulties lay before us, and if these could be surmounted in a reason-able time, to go on as far as we possibly could. On the morning of the 7th, selecting some of the best men, andsending the others down the mountain, we started off again upwards,the climbing being similar to that we experienced yesterday night had been bitterly cold, and some of the men complained offever, but all were in good spirits, and quite ready to go on. About10 we were stopped by the first of the ravines mentioned looking at this I saw that it would take a long time to cross, andthere were ahead of it still two otliers. We now got our first glimpse ofa snow peak, distance about two and a half miles, and I judged it wouldtake us still a day and a half to reach this, the nearest snow. To attempt STAIRS REPORT OF TEE ASCENT. 279 it, theref
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