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THE KINGDOM OF UGANDA 



construct a railway across it, though a short railway from the coast of 

 Uganda to Kuwenzori and the south end of Lake Albert would be of immense 



72. MAKSH IN UGANDA (WITH NATIVE CAUSEWAY) 



value in opening up easy communications with the Congo Free State and 

 the Egyptian Nile. 



The north-western parts of Uganda have not so many marsh \alleys, 

 and the green downs become picturesque rocky hills whereon crags make 

 wonderful imitations of ruined castles. In the Districts of Singo, Bw^ekula, 

 and Bugangadzi the scenery is charming — downs of short thick grass 

 crested and dotted with trees, with acres and acres of wild-flowers, a 

 single tint — mauve, yellow, blue, or pink — prevailing. To the north- 

 east the country becomes more marshy, and however beautiful the papyrus 

 may be individually, one soon grows weary of these endless n)arshes filled 



