Lake Victoria to Khartoum 



natives — chiefly by the latter. Through the 

 ashes the fresh young shoots were already 

 making their way. Outcrops of rocky granite 

 ridges were very frequent. The Nile was 

 never more than a mile or so distant from our 

 narrow track, called by courtesy a road, and 

 the Uganda bank for the most part is heavily 

 cultivated, in great contrast to the Congo 

 bank. I did not see a head of game for some 

 fifteen miles, but food there was in plenty, both 

 for master and for man. Guinea-fowl as well as 

 partridges formed the pieces de resistance for the 

 dinner-table ; and there were lots of fresh eggs 

 and lashings of milk for breakfast. The natives 

 all along here are most kind and hospitable, 

 always bringing what one wants, often without 

 being asked to do so. And they congregated 

 round the camp fires of an evening glad to hear 

 the news from the outside world. 



We left Rejaf hill behind on the left bank 

 and camped on the Kit river, usually a great 

 resort of game at this season ; but owing to many 

 brother officers from Gondokoro having spent a 

 few days' leave shooting in the neighbourhood, 

 most of the animals had disappeared in favour of 

 a quieter haunt. 



As we advanced the character of the country 

 began to alter. More bushes and more trees 

 appeared ; the ridges showed signs of developing 

 into hills, and then the blue misty outlines of moun- 



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