Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 



bank and two of us the left. I was on the wrong 

 side, however, and the opposite two saw all the 

 beasts; but although they blazed away much useful 

 ammunition, it was to no evident purpose, as the 

 shoal of hippopotamus floated out to an island in 

 the centre, and may or may not have been hit. A 

 partridge got up later on our way back, and my 

 companion and I blazed at it the same moment, 

 which settled its fate. There were flocks of golden 

 crested crane which we were not permitted to shoot. 

 They are most handsome birds with their magnificent 

 brown, white, and grey feathers and long necks 

 surmounted by superb golden crests. This protracted 

 retreat gradually worked upon my nerves, and I was 

 constantly fidgeting to push on to somewhere more 

 interesting-. 



I fear I was the most bored of the party, and 

 when we reached the hot springs near Kazara I 

 obtained leave to march on ahead, and on arrival at 

 Mbarara two days before the others, went off on ten 

 days' "safari" to search for an elephant. 



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