Mr. Churchill's Journey 



in his efforts on this nio^ht of all others? It was 

 great fun rummaging round in all the " chop 

 boxes " to try and unearth something extra special 

 in honour of the occasion. Everything went 

 well, and the cook excelled himself in not getting 

 as " tight" as usual ! 



Next morning we had a lovely view from the 

 top of Gisi, over misty hill and dale and glade 

 and forest, with the rising sun at our backs 

 gradually dispelling the clouds of thick mist, till 

 at length Lake Albert burst upon our eyes — 

 a long streak of blue some thirty miles away 

 just faintly distinguishable. 



The road from here on was dreadfully steep. 

 We descended a series of small escarpments till 

 we reached the rough level below, but even then 

 we had to climb upwards and downwards through- 

 out this march. The path itself, moreover, was 

 very stony under foot, so the unfortunate porters 

 had a poorish time, arriving later than usual, 

 having straggled out somewhat. 



Then we reached the very edge of the last 

 escarpment that dropped down to the Nile itself, 

 and, from a height of some eight hundred feet 

 above the river, a broad panorama lay stretched 

 before us. In the foreground the blue river — 

 spread out like a ribbon at our feet, flecked with 

 white foam from the Falls, whose roar arose from 

 the right — flowing swiftly onward through its 

 setting of green forest intermingled with park 



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