Lake Victoria to Khartoum 



Of the folk who buy and sell, 

 Of the merry marriage bell, 

 Of the birthday, of the knell, 

 Of the palace, of the cell, 

 Of the beldame and the belle, 

 Of the rest of them who fell, 



Piccadilly. 



I think that describes it to a tick ! 



On our first day's march we saw no game. As 

 a matter of fact, I was not altogether sorry, as 

 things had to be got ship-shape, and there were 

 countless details to be settled and heaps of work 

 to be got through as is always the case at the 

 commencement of any long trek. We had for- 

 gotten a few things into the bargain, and extra 

 candles and soap had to be sent for. 



A messenger produced by the local chief was 

 entrusted with the necessary letter, and ran off to 

 Jinja like a lamplighter, travelling to such good 

 purpose that the missing stores arrived in the 

 night in ample time before the next early start. 

 The ordering of the stores, food, crockery, etc., 

 was no small matter, as little could be obtained 

 on the way even at the exorbitant prices which 

 Indian traders charofe at the more distant out- 

 stations ; and as we were voyaging a long distance 

 on the Nile, during which there would not be 

 sufficient room in the boats to take any of the 

 porters, the food, etc., had had to be divided into 

 halves — one for present use, and the other for 

 the last part of the journey to be sent on before 



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