Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 



Thirty miles to the west lies the Albert 

 Nyanza, whose position, though actually hidden 

 from sight, can easily be discerned in the early 

 morning by the layers of clouds which ascend from 

 its surface, and appear over the top of the adjacent 

 hills. As a matter of fact, the lake can be seen from 

 a hill quite close to Hoima, a fact not generally 

 known, which I discovered myself in one of my 

 peregrinations. The number of the white population 

 is rarely over ten, and frequently reduced to two or 

 three, but there is a large black population of the 

 Munyoro tribe, whose fairly powerful chiefs are 

 beginning to build themselves houses of no mean 

 importance around the outskirts. There is, of course, 

 the usual market-place with one or two traders' 

 shops, containing a variety of goods, chiefly remark- 

 able for their price. The remainder of the town 

 consists of the Post Office, presided over by a 

 Goanese official, the Boma or seat of administration, 

 the houses of the Mzungus (Europeans), and the 

 police lines. 



The camp of the 4th King's African Rifles and 

 the Catholic and Protestant missions are all some 

 way out of Hoima. The best feature about the 

 place are the roads, which are quite numerous and 

 fairly good walking for a single person. This is due 

 to the fact that the natives make a point of proceeding 

 in Indian file, and always follow the track of the 

 man who went along before them. This facilitates 

 cycling, as they smooth a path down with their feet, 

 which also pick up any thorns that may fall on the 



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