CHAPTER XIII 



UGANDA, AND THE GREAT NYANZA LAKES 



WHEN we left Nairobi it was with real regret that we 

 said good-by to the many friends who had been so kind 

 to us; officials, private citizens, almost every one we had 

 met including Sir Percy Girouard, the new governor. At 

 Kijabe the men and women from the American Mission 



and the chil- 

 dren too were 

 down at the 

 station to wish 

 us good luck; 

 and at Nakuru 

 the settlers 

 from the neigh- 

 borhood gath- 

 ered on the 

 platform to 

 give us a fare- 

 wel 1 cheer. 

 The following 

 morning we 

 reached Kisu- 



mu on Lake Victoria Nyanza. It is in the Kavirondo 

 country, where the natives, both men and women, as a 

 rule go absolutely naked, although they are peaceable and 

 industrious. In the native market they had brought in 

 baskets, iron spade heads, and food, to sell to the native 

 and Indian traders who had their booths round about; the 

 meat market, under the trees, was especially interesting. 



At noon we embarked in a smart little steamer, to cross 

 the lake. Twenty-four hours later we landed at Entebbe, 



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Kavirondos returning from market 

 From a photograph by Kermit Roosevelt 



