Lake Victoria to Khartoum 



long clean wards and rows of spotless beds — most 

 of them happily untenanted when I was there — 

 and its pretty view over forest and plain to the 

 west. 



Looking back again to the left of the king's 

 enclosure, the civil and military hill is seen to 

 rise above the Indian Bazaar, streaked with red 

 clay roads which show up strongly against the 

 verdure, in which houses are dotted haphazard. 

 Beyond, in the far distance, through a little gap 

 in the wooded hills, one can just catch a glimpse 

 of the lake somewhere near where Kampala's 

 port, Munyonyo, ought to be, about six miles 

 away. Round again due south comes the Mill 

 Hill Mission, on the occasion of our visit thickly 

 crowded with little native boys and girls all 

 clothed in gleaming white " kanzus," singing 

 " Here we go round the mulberry bush." A 

 "kanzu" is the universal dress for all ages and 

 classes, and is a replica of the old-fashioned night- 

 shirt ! 



The king, or " kibaka," as is his local title, is 

 assisted till he attains his majority by three 

 regents, one of whom. Sir Apolo Kagwa, the 

 " Katikiro " or Prime Minister, paid a visit to our 

 native shores at King Edward's coronation. All 

 minor matters of State are left by His Excellency 

 the Governor to be settled by the regents and 

 their Parliament. The result of this is a very 

 methodical and complete system of native ad- 



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