Chief from Kabula 



landmark where you wish to make for, judge the 

 distance naturally, not artificially, double the esti- 

 mate, and for your "safari" add one hour to 

 one-and-a-half hours for every three hours you 

 make it. 



I must record having seen two magnificent 

 wild birds to-day. One, about the size of a 

 sparrow, had a perfectly peacock-coloured body, and 

 the other, larger, was entirely emerald blue in 

 colour, and equal in size to a starling. In the 

 evening I shot a guinea-fowl for the pot. Just as 

 I was getting into my tub the chief from Kabula 

 came into camp to congratulate me upon my 

 elephant. I thanked him, but he evidently wanted 

 something more than thanks, as he repeated his 

 conorratulations a second time and with orreater 

 emphasis. I did not appear to heed him, as on 

 these occasions everyone demands backshish, and 

 I had determined to put my foot down. 



I had intended striking straight across in a bee- 

 line for Mbarara on the following morning, but the 

 annoying Shensi guides purposely took me wrong in 

 order to go near to their own locality. One has to 

 depend on the guides, and if they play tricks one is 

 absolutely helpless. I arrived at a camp about six 

 hours west of Kabula in a very bad temper, and my 

 "safari" did not get in till about four hours after. 

 I sat down at once and wrote for two extra days' 

 leave to remedy the guides' errors. I sent for the 

 chief, whom I knew, and for a rupee he offered me 

 a native runner. Just at that moment a military 



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