Life and Scenery in Uganda 



The road goes monotonously on for 107 miles 

 through grass and mimosa thorn bushes, the 

 latter of which are now clothing themselves in 

 their spring garb of yellow blossom, making the 

 breeze deliciously sweet. Now and again a herd 

 of hartebeest or waterbuck is viewed from afar, 

 trotting off alarmed at the approach of strangers. 

 Near the Uma river, which has also to be crossed 

 " at the fourth camp, may be seen perhaps a herd 

 of stately roan antelope, though, on account of 

 their almost proverbial shyness, this depends on 

 good luck rather than on good management. 



Herds of elephants, too, frequent these bush 

 solitudes, oroingr down to drink at the Nile some 

 ten miles off, and are away again long before 

 dawn, back to their jungle fortresses to sleep off 

 in the midday sun their moonlight revels. During 

 a march in these parts it is rarely, if ever, that 

 one passes a day in which one does not come 

 across the tracks of their feet dragging through 

 the grass and scraping the evening's dew from 

 the blades, leaving green marks amidst the pearly 

 dewdrops. 



And it can be very hot here ! The force of 

 the sun is redoubled through its rays being 

 thrown back from the rocks and stones, till at 

 times it is a veritable inferno. 



The other river of importance, both in size and 

 from a shooting point of view, that we cross on 

 nearing Gondokoro, is the Kit, where we leave 



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