Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 



granting the licence, for purposes of supervision. 

 A female elephant is protected, although in cases 

 where the plea of self-protection has been allowed 

 after the shooting of one, confiscation of the ivory, 

 without any additional fine, is the usual course 

 taken. 



I need hardly describe Bombo, as until the 

 military selected it for the site of their headquarters 

 it was destitute of aught save trees and long grass. 

 A good deal of money is now being spent on the 

 place, and it is rapidly being brought up to date. 

 Already it can boast of a tennis court. I was 

 detained here awaiting my lost baggage, which did 

 not turn up for two weeks, during which time I 

 picked up a little of the Swahili and Nuby dialects. 

 I also became acquainted with some of the past 

 history of Uganda, a resume of which I have 

 inserted in the following chapter for those whom 

 it may interest. 



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