Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 



for a pretty young wife with a locked-up husband, 

 who has her Hving to earn. I tried to encourage 

 her by a smile now and then, which probably led 

 her to believe that I might sympathise and let her 

 husband off. But she little knew that nothing is 

 ever allowed to interfere with the strict execution of 

 an officer's duty, not even sympathy for the young 

 and lovely in distress. 



In the evening I went for a stroll, and, of course, 

 not having my gun, I met partridge and guinea 

 fowl in great numbers. From Kissossi I went to 

 Kalwanga. I had heard there was plenty of game 

 here, but the country appeared nothing but long 

 grass, and uninviting. All I could see from the 

 road was the Kongoni buck, which I did not want. 

 When we did arrive at Kalwanga, the camp looked 

 so full of du-du and other noxious insects that I 

 decided to pitch my tent on the main road. 



I read some illustrated papers after my luncheon, "^ j 

 and being rather bored, went for a walk. I soon 

 came to Lumama's place, who was a big chief. 

 There I found a camping ground and a comfortable 

 "banda," so I sent for the man looking after it and 

 asked why he had not notified me, seeing that it was 

 his duty to look after the place for the disposal of 

 passing Europeans. He was as humble as he was 

 ancient, and grovelled at my feet. I then asked 

 him if he knew of any game round about. Rather ! 

 Impala " mingi, mingi" (many). I sent for my rifle 

 straight away and made him lead me to them. To 

 my surprise, within half an hour we came to a big 



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