Lake Victoria to Khartoum 



party's view of it ; then, being requested to tell 

 us about Unionist ideas of it, we had a second 

 speech ; while a timorous request for his own 

 private conception brought forth the most in- 

 teresting, if possible, dissertation of the lot. 



In this engaging manner the march was got 

 through without any seeming exertion, and one 

 reached camp all too soon at times, being 

 thoroughly fit to go off shooting after tents had 

 been pitched and luncheon finished. There was 

 nothing to shoot here, however, as the ever- 

 lasting grass was still unburnt, and, beyond bag- 

 ging a few guinea-fowl and partridge, our exer- 

 tions in that line went for nothing. 



At last Masindi hove in sight. We had been 

 steadily marching at a big hill all that and the 

 previous day, so that quitting the sun-dried jungle 

 for the luxuriant verdure of cultivation was a 

 great relief, and it was good to find oneself in the 

 broad, roomy verandah of the Collector's house, 

 with its lonCT chairs and its tables bearino^ cool 

 lime squashes. We pitched our camp in an old 

 disused garden near by, anywhere amongst the 

 lime bushes and almond trees, under the shadow 

 of a tall avenue of rustling, sweet-smelling blue 

 gums. Mr. Anderson had made ample prepara- 

 tion for our entertainment, and here we picked 

 up our first bag of home mails since plunging into 

 these uncivilized wilds. 



From Masindi we decided to march due north 



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