Chapter II. 



shriU cries. The sun was setting in a halo of fiery clouds. The 

 last rays lit up the unfamiliar scenery where the shadows of 

 nio-ht increased the sense of surroundino; mystery. 



SHORES OF LAKE VICTORIA, NEAR KAMPALA. 



Little ])y little the colour of the sky passed from red and 

 purple to colder hues and through subtler tones. Soon clouds 

 and water and islands seemed to mino;le and vanisli in the 

 twilight which was spreading swiftly over the surface of the 

 lake. 



For liundreds and huiuheds of miles on every side stretched 

 the vast regions of Central Africa, unknown u}) till yesterday, 

 inhabited by that unhappy race wliich has survived a martyrdom 

 of centuries, crushed under its fearful past of slavery, blood- 

 thirsty rulers and murderous wars. To-day this era of violence 



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