Life and Scenery in Uganda 



fence of the description called " kissikati," which 

 is very effective. Most of the houses of any 

 pretensions in the country are ornamented with a 

 paling of this cane-work, which helps to make 

 them look more well cared for and tidy than any 

 similar native abodes in other Eastern climes. 



Looking out from Mengo Hill, the high-peaked 

 cathedral of the C.M.S,, on Namirembe, and the 

 long red roofs of the Roman Catholic Mission on 

 Rubaga, catch one's eye to the north, whilst to 

 the right and underneath the former is the old 

 Fort on Lugard 's Hill, where he first pitched his 

 camp when the adherents of the Church of Eng- 

 land were at variance with the Roman Catholics. 



The cathedral just mentioned is a most im- 

 pressive edifice. Some two hundred feet long 

 and one hundred wide, its walls are built of burnt 

 brick, with lofty columns of the same material 

 supporting the grass-thatched roof, which, running 

 up into three high peaks, forms an imposing land- 

 mark for the country far and wide. There is a 

 broad verandah all round, the roof of which and 

 of the inside of the cathedral is beautifully and 

 very neatly lined with nice clean white canes, each 

 cane bound to its fellow in tasteful patterns of 

 string-work. These canes lend a particularly 

 striking finish to the otherwise somewhat gloomy 

 interior. 



Close by the cathedral is the excellent native 

 hospital, also managed by the C.M.S., with its 



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