Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 



this line he would hit off a good turn with little 

 expense and amazing success. 



On arriving in camp I took the time by the sun 

 to check my watch, which I had induced to go 

 again. I had set it at a venture, but it was within 

 ten minutes of sun time. This serves to prove 

 what I always maintain, that you can train yourself 

 to guess very nearly the correct time by instinct. 

 The rest of the morning before lunch I amused ^ 

 myself doing doctor to my party and letting the 

 natives look at themselves in my shaving-glass, with 

 which I also derived much amusement by flashing 

 the sun on to some unsuspecting native at the other 

 end of the camp. Then a chief came in and 

 brought me some fresh milk. Oh, no ! There 

 was no charge, because it was a present to the big 

 white man; but as he would not go away until a 

 present in return had been given, the milk cost 

 double its marketable value. Surely no one can 

 deny the value of good manners. The Unyoro 

 tribe, whose country I was passing through, are 

 renowned for their politeness, and in consequence 

 make very good house-boys when trained; but they 

 are wanting in courage and lack the independent 

 spirit of the Baganda, so much so that to call 

 a man who belongs to another tribe a Unyoro is 

 a form of insult. Personally, I prefer manners to 

 independence from black people. 



I had another lesson in Nuby from my orderly. 

 I tried to get out of him a word expressing annoy- 

 ance, to which he replied, " battal " (bad). This, 



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