Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 



I photographed the camp, the porters, and 

 everything of local and general interest, from the 

 native dwellings to the everlasting banana "sham- 

 bas"; climbed the only hill in the vicinity; learned 

 the names of all those on the horizon ; read a six- 

 penny novel threadbare, and the advertisements; 

 mended a defective lamp; and abstracted two nails 

 from the inside of my boots. What a life! A 

 reofular rest-cure ! 



The sun was dipping behind the nearest hill, 

 casting a peaceful tint over a landscape already 

 imbued with a tranquillity redolent of the centre 

 of savage Africa, as in despair I sent out yet two 

 more Unyoro hunters, clothed in naught else but 

 a flimsy piece of brown bark cloth, with their long 

 spears poised in their hands. 



What miles they were about to go with no 

 other inducement than a very natural desire for a 

 gigantic repast ! 



Day after day passed by, and my leave was 

 getting- shorter and shorter. This waiting, sur- 

 rounded by an eternal sea of elephant-grass and 

 stumpy trees, requires a store of patience for even 

 the shortest period. 



The mosquitoes are famed in this region. Even 

 in the daytime they hovered round in crowds and 

 stung me all over, even through my very clothes. 

 I was getting desperate, when in rushed a "shensi" 

 native. A big herd had gone by within a few hours. 



I received the news just after I had turned in 

 for the night, so I had perforce to wait till daylight. 



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