28 NAIVASHA AND VICTORIA NYANZA 



into the world all at the same moment. Their lives 

 can be only very brief, a few hours at the most, 

 after which they may be seen lying in myriads on 

 the water, an easy prey for many hungry fish. We 

 were afterwards very much troubled by these same 

 clouds of flies on Lake Albert Edward. Uganda 

 welcomed me with a smile of sunshine, and I landed 

 at Entebbe on a glorious afternoon, when the roads 

 and trees were steaming after the daily thunder- 

 storm. 



