Mr. Churchill's Journey 



Our party consisted of the Rt, Hon. Winston 

 S. Churchill, m.p., p.c, Under-Secretary of State 

 for the Colonies ; Lt.-Col. Gordon Wilson, m.v.o., 

 the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) ; Mr. E. Marsh 

 (private secretary) ; Mr. A. G. Boyle, Sub-Com- 

 missioner of the Province of Usoga ; Mr. S. 

 Ormsby, transport officer; Capt. Stevenson, r.e., 

 in charge of the Uganda Railway Extension 

 Survey ; Lt. Fishbourne, r.e., his subaltern ; Dr. 

 Goldie ; myself; Lt. R. B. Knox, 4th Battalion 

 King's African Rifles, my subaltern ; and Mr. 

 Scrivings, valet to Mr. Churchill. 



A very happy crew we were, determined to 

 enjoy ourselves, and make the best of any diffi- 

 culties that might chance to cross our path, and 

 the most of what shooting the country that lay 

 in front of us might afford. November, be it 

 said, is not the best time of the year for sport. 

 It is not quite late enough in the season as the 

 grass is too green, and telegraphic advices had 

 informed us that in the more sporting districts 

 the natives had not begun to burn the long grass, 

 as is their yearly custom. The consequence was 

 that we saw but little game, compared with the 

 numbers I came across on my return journey in 

 February. But that did not deter one gallant 

 sportsman from trying his utmost, putting 

 himself to any and every inconvenience ; 

 Col. Wilson worked from early morn till dewy 

 eve in his ardour for the chase, and met with 



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