Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 



camp. After a short rest I took a few natives and 

 knocked over a handful of doves for the pot. They 

 are very succulent, and a nice change from sheep or 

 goat. The natives thought themselves amply 

 recompensed with my empty cartridge cases. 

 What it is to deal with the intelligent! The 

 Board School one day will teach them to value such 

 waste of time at sixpence an hour. As far as I am 

 concerned, please let Uganda alone. I feel sure 

 they are happy enough in their native innocence. 

 It is a well-known fact that the tree of knowledsfe 

 has been accountable for great distress to its tasters 

 ab initio. Starting from the immortal occasion on 

 which Eve seduced Adam, which proceeding has 

 more than one point of interest, the case being 

 rather a raj'a-avis; as in our present days of grace 

 matters are usually the reverse, and as far as I 

 know, Eve's episode remains per se, and is likely 

 ever to be so, unless the suffragettes of the present 

 day think fit to imitate her. 



I was greatly excited at the prospect of reaching 

 Masindi, as it was marked on the map as being a 

 very big place. The town is surrounded by hills, 

 and so I had rather a fatiguing march. When I 

 arrived at the summit of the topmost hill, I looked 

 round and beheld a wonderful view. There ex- 

 tended as far as the eye could reach a mass of trees 

 and gubba, and I could not help recalling to mind 

 a statement I had once heard that a monkey could 

 travel from Moscow to St. Petersburg without once 

 touching the ground. He could certainly have 



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