Life and Scenery in Uganda 



of the same name, is (or was, I should say) taste- 

 fully laid out with avenues and groves of Cape 

 lilac and blue gums, by that finest of gentlemen 

 riders and best of fellows, poor Roddy Owen. 

 Peace and prosperity are apparent on every side. 

 The prospect from the elevated verandah of the 

 resident official's bungalow is pleasing. Houses 

 peep out amidst the trees, and numerous gardens 

 and shambas, containing crops of all sorts, clothe 

 hill and plain alike, whilst the foreground around 

 the Government offices is brilliant with masses 

 of red and yellow cannas, the whole scene well 

 set off by the purple Hoima hills to the south- 

 west. 



This is a great junction of highways. From 

 this central position one can journey along well- 

 made roads to Mruli, Foweira, Fajao and the 

 Murchison Falls there, Hoima the capital of 

 Unyoro, and Butiaba. 



We will take this last route, because it leads us 

 through the great Budonga forest, which is well 

 worth visiting if only on account of its scenery ; 

 and also because Butiaba is the head-quarters of 

 the Nile flotilla, which will transport us yet further 

 north on the bosom of the Nile as far as Nimule. 

 We bid farewell to the jungle track we have been 

 marching along up to date, and betake ourselves 

 to the " hard high " once more, rolling over hill 

 and dale, now descending to the uttermost depths 

 of a swamp, now rising over the highest spot on 



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