CHAPTER III. 

 From Entebbe to Fort Portal. 



Entei)l)e the Capital of the Protectorate — The Six Hills of Kampala — ■ 

 H.H. Dandi Chwa, Kabaka of Uganda — The Missions — Commander Cagni's 

 Illness — -Equipment — Formation of Caravan — Departure from Entebbe — 

 General Characteristics of the Country Traversed — Baganda Villages — 

 Climate — Baganda and Suahili Porters — Encampments — Visits of Chieftains — 

 Exchange of Presents — The Camp of the Blacks — -Mitiana — Lake Isolt — The 

 Uganda-Toro Frontier — First sight of Ruwenzori — Butiti — King Kasagama — 

 Arrival at Fort Portal. 



Entebbe, or Port Alice, founded 

 by Sir Gerald Portal barely 

 fifteen years ago, is the political 

 and administrative capital of the 

 Uganda Protectorate. The Pro- 

 tectorate includes much more than 

 the old kingdom of Uganda, having 

 been enlarged by the addition of 

 the kingdoms of Toro, Unyoro and 

 Ankole, which form a semi-circle 

 to the west and south of Uganda 

 proper. To these we must add the 

 district to the east of Lake Kioga and around the great 

 extinct volcano Elgon, as well as the vast regions known as 

 the " Nile Province " and the " Rudolf Province " to the north. 



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