Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 



all shapes and colours. It was a truly wonderful 

 and singular spectacle, and I only wish my ignorance 

 would but allow me to give some slight description 

 of them. 



Leaving this feast of colour behind, we rounded 

 the promontory and came in full view of Kisu, 

 which lay on the opposite side of the bay. It did 

 not seem far off, but the air was so rarefied that it 

 led one to suppose the distance less than it actually 

 was. 



It took several hours to get across, and I was 

 very cramped by the time we had beached our 

 canoes. I had scarcely jumped out, when I espied 

 my captain coming down the hill leading to the 

 beach. 



He was greatly elated, having had another 

 tussle with buffalo, one of which he had brought to 

 book. He had had an eleven hours' trek after 

 them, and was as tired as I was. So after we had 

 bathed we sat down to an al fresco dinner outside 

 our tents, whence we could obtain a commanding 

 view of the lake and the sun setting behind the 

 ranges in the far beyond. 



I do not think I could ever forg-et that sigfht. It 

 is well worth coming all the way from England to 

 see. It instilled in one a sort of eternal peace; one 

 felt in tune with the world; that everlasting craving 

 for some new excitement was dulled or dead. To be 

 left undisturbed and merely allowed to look was bliss. 

 f*' The sun spilling golden light on land and sea, 

 seemed to work one's soul into the glorious picture 



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