Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 



the "safari" till the next chief arrived on the scene. 

 It was very annoying, but as they did it out of 

 friendship nothing more could be said. I found the 

 camps since crossing the river Katonga very well 

 kept and clean. In the majority of cases these 

 camps are to be greatly avoided, owing to their 

 being the home of the " Dudu," and, worse still, the 

 " Spirillium " tick. The former are fairly easy to 

 detect beneath the skin of the soles of the feet 

 or under the toe-nails, and the native boys are adept 

 at dealing with them ; but the latter's bite produces 

 a nasty intermittent fever, which repeats itself at 

 varying intervals of about ten days and frequently 

 attacks the eyesight, occasionally causing blindness. 

 I went out again towards the cool of the after- 

 noon, as I had, whilst gazing through my binoculars, 

 sitting under the shelter of the camp "banda," 

 spotted some dark figures bearing a suspicious 

 resemblance to a herd of buck feeding. My old 

 native orderly, ever ready to turn out for the sake 

 of sport, led me round a short cut, and from the top 

 of a rise gleefully pointed them out to me feeding 

 amongst some low bushes, at the foot-hills of a 

 perpendicular ridge. I took a shot, and the next 

 moment the herd were in full flight, and to all 

 intents and purposes I had missed. But my orderly 

 darted forward, saying, " The big one is sick," by 

 which he meant to imply I had wounded him. 

 Well, I have made it my rule whilst out shooting 

 never to leave a wounded beast of any description 

 without first doing my utmost to terminate its 



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