Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 



furious. After these had subsided, a perfect deluge 

 overwhelmed us. Fortunately, I had followed my 

 usual custom of digging a trench all round the tent, 

 or otherwise I should have been washed out. 



The next morning I was up at daylight, and 

 started back for Hoima. The programme was 

 breakfast at Tonio, so I sent my "safari " by water, 

 whilst with my orderly I set out to walk round the 

 bay in the hopes of shooting something. 



Just above the camp I came suddenly on a large 

 herd of kongoni. I fired at a good sized one, but 

 missed, as my rifle was sighted very high. I 

 followed them a little way, but my time was precious, 

 so I soon gave up. This caused me to lose the 

 path, but as the grass was short, I set out across 

 the "gubba." At first it was easy going. Then we 

 came to a river edged by almost impenetrable bush. 



After a great delay I made my way across to 

 find myself facing a swamp. There was nothing 

 for it but to push on. This swamp continued all 

 the way to Tonio, with slight breaks, a distance of 

 over ten miles, and sometimes I was up to my knees 

 in water. About 10.30 o'clock I began to feel very 

 faint. I had started without food, and the heavy 

 going took it out of me severely. I had hoped to 

 do the distance in two-and-a-half hours, whereas it 

 took me over five hours. There was plenty of 

 buck to be seen in the distance, also quite a common 

 species of small sparrow, coloured a brilliant, light 

 scarlet, and very noticeable. Within a mile of Tonio 

 my orderly pointed out quite a good sized cobus 



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