CHAPTER XIX. 



ON "safari" to bombo. 



I now had to make arrangements for continuing 

 my " safari " to Bombo, where I was to take up 

 my appointment. This meant a good fortnight's 

 trek. I took the opportunity of exchanging all my 

 Kauri shells and American cloth, the currency of 

 Uganda, back into rupees, and by so doing saved 

 myself a good many porters' loads. Eventually, on 

 Christmas Day, I departed upon my journey once 

 more. It was in rather a mixed mood that I stood 

 on my verandah drinking my early morning cup of 

 tea and taking a last look across those wide plains, 

 to bid farewell to that beautiful range of mountains 

 lining its farthest edge, over which I had clambered 

 so frequently and so toilfully. Certainly distance 

 lent them enchantment. The mornino- air was 

 softly coaxing one's spirits to rise. I walked to 

 the further end of the garden to get a better view. 

 How extraordinarily a place grows upon one ! So 

 did this base of the expedition, through which I 

 had passed so many times, under so many different 

 circumstances, win upon me. My eyes wandered 

 over the now familiar landscape. There stood 

 the Mission, with its carefully laid out ground ; and 

 nearer, the District Commissioner's house ; away 



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