Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 



and other places on the lake. Here also is the 

 great market-place (shown in the illustration), 

 where the natives bring their produce from all 

 parts. These natives are Kavirondos, and, as I 

 mentioned before, it is contrary to their creed to 

 wear clothes; indeed, it is only with difficulty, and 

 after the most patient explanations, that they can 

 be induced to do so. They are, however, reputedly 

 moral, and as a wag once wrote : — 



" They have to wear only a necklace of coral 



To show to the world they're exceedingly moral." 



The accompanying illustrations show groups of 

 Kavirondos displaying, more or less, their disregard 

 for body-gear in strict accordance with their habits 

 and creed, with which, after all, there seems little 

 need to find fault. 



I should like here to say a few words ' about 

 the Uganda Railway. In the first place, it is a 

 misnomer to have given it its present name, as it 

 does not now run through any part of the Uganda 

 Protectorate, stopping short at Port Florence on 

 the Victoria Nyanza. Recently authorization has 

 been obtained for the Uganda Protectorate to build 

 a railway of its own from Jinja (which is one of 

 its ports on the Victoria Nyanza), to Kakindu, 

 situated on the Victoria Nile, near to where it 

 flows into Lake Kioga. Great expectations are 

 entertained from the operations of this new railway 

 in fostering the cultivation of produce, which it is 

 hoped will find its way ultimately across the lake 



