IV 



MR. CHURCHILL'S JOURNEY 



THROUGH UGANDA TO 



KHARTOUM 



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" And o'er the hills, and far away 

 Beyond their utmost purple rim, 

 Beyond the night, across the day . . ." — Tennyson. 



N account of my first trek through 

 Uganda as officer in charge of Mr. 

 Churchill's escort and party generally, 

 may not be devoid of interest. 

 Mr. Churchill had come out in his official 

 position as Under-Secretary of State for the 

 Colonies to spy out the land, and obtain a first- 

 hand knowledge of its inhabitants, its customs, 

 its resources, and its possibilities. He had 

 travelled through East Africa, and done an 

 enormous amount of work inspecting cotton and 

 corn industries, sheep and cattle farms, police 

 and civil establishments, as well as visiting out- 

 lying and newly formed stations in districts that 

 are in their infancy as regards development. He 

 had worked hard in receiving deputations of 

 colonists, and in helping to settle various points 

 that were brought to his notice, but had never- 

 theless found time for sandwiching in a certain 

 amount of sport and shooting. He and his 

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