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more than thirty feet in depth, thongh this height varies slightly 

 according to the season of the year, for the level of the Victoria Nyanza 

 has a rise and fall of about two feet in average seasons. 



To my mind the Kipon P^alls are best seen from the Uganda side.* A 

 winding path leads from the green downs of Bugungu to the water's edge 

 immediately below the fall, and here one may indulge in the most 

 deliglitful familiarity with this stupendous movement of nature; for in 

 perfect safety one may peep upwards through the welcome shade of over- 

 hanging trees into the awful green arch of water that is streaming over 



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the unseen step. As you watch the descent of this tremendous cascade 

 you can see large iish as though they were enclosed in thick glass or in 

 aspic being carried down the descent of water — unwillingly, as I beliexe. 

 When the glassy green slope breaks into snowy foam, the great fish leap 

 high into the air as if making frantic struggles to ascend the cascade 

 and regain the placid gulf from which they have unwillingly drifted. In 

 this tiny little cove at the side of the great fall the natives stand with 

 long spear-like harpoons stabbing at the fish as tliey are carried over, 



* The Nile is the boundary between the Kingdom of Uganda and the ailjoining 

 District of Busoga. 



