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pass between it and Bugaba, and then to the east of 

 Bunyama. The rough weather, however, now made it 

 impossible to pass along the exposed sides of the islands, 

 and we had to turn westwards and run between Bwiggi 

 and the north end of Fumve. 



As it was, we had quite sufficient wind and waves to 

 make steering the canoe very hard work, for the wind 

 coming from behind and on the side blew the canoe's 

 head round, and it required continual effort to keep her 

 more or less before the wind. 



However, when we had passed through the narrow 

 channel between Bunyama and Bugalla we got into 

 sheltered water and were able to land on Bunyama for 

 a rest and lunch, mid- day. 



The storm soon passed, and the rest of the day was 

 bright and sunny, and we eventually got home again at 

 2 p.m., where I found that only j'o inch rain had fallen, 

 showing that the storm was very local. 



We had made the return journey in very good time, 

 having travelled about forty miles between 6-45 and 2, 

 with half an hour's rest. 



