Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 



them. No good, they refused to go on ; they had 

 done already eleven miles, and that was sufficient. 

 On a former occasion, when I had sallied out after 

 elephant with picked porters, I had accomplished as 

 much as twenty-three miles a day with them, but 

 these men were of a rather sorry type, and emaciated 

 and riddled with sores ; in fact, they were too 

 childish even to cook for themselves if tired, and I 

 generally had to question my headman on this 

 point, and was not easy until he assured me that 

 they had all cooked their portion of food and eaten 

 it. After some consideration they agieed to go a 

 little farther. 



The road leading out to the south of Kakamero is 

 exceedingly steep, affording magnificent views, and 

 is studded with huo^e boulders and masses of rock, 

 which are in appearance very similar to those that 

 may be seen in the vicinity of Tunbridge Wells. As 

 the character of the surrounding country was very 

 hilly, each top was outlined by the fantastic shapes 

 of these rocks, resembling in their statuesque appear- 

 ance those interesting and pathetic ruins of old 

 castles which lie scattered throughout the length and 

 breadth of Ireland. 



I went out in the evening, and clambered over 

 some of them in search of guinea-fowl. I am sorry 

 to say I hit two birds badly ; but, as my shot was 

 not sufficiently heavy to kill them, they made off into 

 the long elephant grass, where it was hopeless to 

 look for them. I returned very weary to camp, 

 where I had to doctor a fifth of my party for cuts 



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