Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 



once fertile valleys fallen into neglect, and rich 

 cultivations apparently abandoned, and scarce a 

 native to be met with — a second Ireland after the 

 potato famine. 



Our guide of the Wa Ruchigga tribe did very 

 useful work in leading the expedition over the 

 mountains, often accompanying a section for a 

 whole day for a few gaudy-coloured beads. He 

 was of powerful physique, but very dirty. He 

 seemed quite contented to loaf about smoking wood 

 ash out of a long pipe, and evidently any idea of 

 manual labour was distasteful to hini. See his 

 portrait. 



Another tribe, called the Wa Ruanda, inhabits a 

 large district in the extreme south-west of Uganda. 

 The expedition passed through the confines of this 

 district on their way to the M'fumbiro district lying 

 on the disputed boundary line between Uganda and 

 the Congo. A picture is given of some of this 

 tribe armed with native weapons, and another of 

 Chief Mindu, ruler of the northern section of the 

 tribe, with his followers. This chief always did his 

 best to supply food for our porters and guides when 

 called upon to do so. 



At Kumba, the next day, we found a depot 

 had been formed, but only three or four bags 

 of flour had as yet been collected by the officer 

 in command. The porters, therefore, did not get 

 the very big feed they had been so often promised 

 even here. We left half our "safaris" with the 

 depot and pushed on very light. Instead of follow- 



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