"JAMBO, BWANA" 



rank gTass, for these afford shelter to the spirillum tick 

 and the jigger. The " jigger " is said to have been 

 brought to the west coast of Africa in the old days from 

 some other equatorial portion of the globe by a boat 

 which was wrecked on the west coast ; they seem to have 

 first made their appearance shortly after, and were traced 

 to the rotten timbers of the hulk that lay up on the sandy 

 beach. The jigger is a small insect hardly visible to the 

 naked eye, and burrows in the sand or on paths frequented 

 by travellers. It burrows under the toe-nails and causes 

 a black swelling to appear, which gives great pain ; 

 it can be removed by squeezing after piercing the blister 

 with a needle or small lancet. Often a mass of eggs is 

 also expelled from its retreat in the foot. Care should 

 be taken to use steel instruments only in the extraction 

 of these unwelcome visitors, and I advocate washing the 

 wound afterwards in permanganate of potash. I noticed 

 the jigger chiefly in Uganda and took care not to walk 

 in bare feet nor to throw my socks down on the ground, 

 for socks are their favourite resting places. 



Exactly on the tenth day after leaving Kampala we 

 entered Hoima. Salem Bega and our twenty-eight 

 carriers were waiting for us. We pitched our tents 

 opposite the British Trading Company's store, near the 

 local branch manager's house. Finding Messrs. Buckley 

 and Pearson, two other hunters, in camp here, made our 

 stop in this small town very enjoyable. We had a 

 great time in camp with the gramophone. I can see us 

 all now, as we used to sit, listening to the strains of 

 •' Just before the battle, mother," and other familiar 

 airs. The young King of Unyoro was greatly in evidence 

 at Hoima. He was then learning to ride a bicycle. Sup- 

 ported by about half a dozen stalwart natives, he sat 

 on the machine, and was followed by a further mob of 

 faithful adherents, two hundred or so strong, all running 

 to keep up with him. Once during our visit he came 



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