Native Hill ViUage 



boundary question had been referred to the 

 respective Governments, and eventually a Com- 

 mission was appointed to lay down the boundary. 



I took a look round at this native village. I had 

 often seen it from the top of my ridge, looking 

 interesting and picturesque, nestling under a hill, 

 but unfortunately these villages do not bear too 

 close an inspection, nor are they sanitary. Each 

 family had its grain store, made out of basket 

 work, nearly equal in size to a hut. On my return 

 I was greatly delighted to see a parcel mail awaiting 

 me. I had run short of all necessities in the food -^y 

 line, and although the mail only brought me very 

 little, that little was a great deal to me. There was 

 a pair of boots, the postage on which had cost two 

 and a quarter times the actual bill for mending 

 them. A letter saying that my elephant tusks had 

 been sent down to Mombasa to be sold in the open 

 market greatly relieved me, as I had sent them 

 under the care of a small "toto" and two porters 

 into Kampala, and I was beginning to fear some 

 mishap had befallen them on the way. 



I had kept my men up till the present very busy 

 doing outposts [every night, which, as anybody who 

 has experienced it will agree, is very arduous and 

 fatiguing work. I now turned them on to "sangar- 

 ing " and instituted daily parades. As the rains 

 had started I made them build huts. My own life 

 was peaceful enough. I suppose some people would 

 label it colourless. 



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