2 PLANTING IN UGANDA 



The two provinces are different in character. 

 Buganda has numerous hills, long and low, and 

 very regularly placed. The hill-tops are only a 

 few hundred feet above the level of the lake ; and 

 as the slopes are long they are generally cultivable 

 to the top. The bottom of a valley is usually 

 occupied by a narrow swamp or stream, which in 

 the more rainy districts is fringed with forest. 

 The country, being thus well drained, is admirably 

 suited for the purposes of plantation. Springs 

 are very common : indeed they occur so frequently 

 that one is almost certain anywhere of finding 

 water within a few hundred yards. The whole 

 district is well watered. A stone outcrop often 

 occurs on the hilltop or on the higher slopes. 

 There is generally very little forest land, and no 

 large unbroken forest is to be seen. Busoga differs 

 from Buganda in that its surface is broken only by 

 gentle undulations. Hills being absent, the 

 streams and springs are lacking also, so that the 

 province is very badly watered. A result of this 

 is that there are no forests. Of the two provinces 

 Buganda is the one most favoured from a planter's 

 point of view. At the present time work in 

 Busoga is hampered by the scarcity of local labour. 



