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flying. He had stolen that book from another boy, and 

 with it was canvassing for work and posing as a cook. 

 Of course he was entirely ignorant of its contents. 



We picked up what we thought were bargains, in 

 the shape of two natives named Monica and Wanaka, 

 to replace two incompetent tent boys. For laughter- 

 raising propensities Monica and Wanaka were hard to 

 beat. They fairly " topped the bill," to use a theatrical 

 term, among the talent of our safari, and believe me, we 

 had some " stars." 



At Hoima we also engaged another syce, who rejoiced 

 in the name of " Juma," a young powerfully built native 

 of Unyoro. This boy was gifted, or shall I say afflicted, 

 with an enormous mouth, his lips would roll back when 

 smiling and reveal his snow-white teeth. He thought 

 nothing of devouring a whole banana at one gulp, but 

 the effect of trying to speak at the same time was 

 disastrous. 



Dog-faced apes and harnessed antelope are to be 

 found around Hoima. The latter, though fairly plentiful, 

 is seldom seen, for it comes out only at night and barks 

 much like a dog. Its colour is dark chestnut, with 

 flanks striped white, and white spots on the shoulders. 



Standing in the main street at Hoima and lookng 

 due west, one gets a very good view of the precipitous 

 mountains that loom in the distance some fifty miles away, 

 on the western or Congo side of the Lake Albert. After 

 spending three days in Hoima, we set out for Butiaba, 

 thirty miles north-west. At midday we reached a camp 

 about fifteen miles from Butiaba. As we were to catch 

 the large sailing-boat James Martin, which sailed on the 

 next day, we decided to stay here until midnight, for the 

 moon would rise at eight in the evening and would afford 

 us sufficient light to travel to Butiaba by. At the camp 

 we found an old native appointed by the Government, 

 to see that the camp ground and bungalows of reed and 



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