Chapter III. 



The town is situated upon two hills at the extremity of a 

 peninsula formed by two arms of the lake. The streets are wide 

 and lined with houses, built according to the usage of the 

 tropics, with wide verandas surrounded by gardens full ol 

 flowers. The site is enchanting, overlooking the great lake, 

 dotted with j)ictin'esque islands ; the wire netting, however, 

 over windows, verandas and doors, tells its own story of 

 malaria. 



GENERAL VIEW OF ENTEBBE. 



There is an hotel, there are Protestant and Catholic 

 Churches, there are three hos])itals, several conmiercial firms 

 (among otliers a branch of th(^ ''Italian Colonial Society" 

 established in Zanzi))ar), and sundry sliops and stores kept by 

 Indians and Goanese. 



Alono; the shore of tlie lake stretches a considerable 

 botanical «rarden, wliicli contains a collection of tlie flora 



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