From Entebbe to Fort Portal. 



The common centre of these diverse congregations is the 

 bazaar, with shops well stocked with all sorts of wares, kept by 

 Indians. 



The present King of Uganda is His Highness the Kabaka 

 Dandi Chwa, aged barely thirteen years. He was placed upon 

 the throne in 1897, when his father Mwanga was deposed. His 

 ascent to the throne was attended by the ceremonies conse- 

 crated by national tradition, with one important exception. 

 That portion of the solemn and ancient ceremonial which 

 consisted of a large slaughter of subjects, was on this occasion 

 omitted. 



THE KAMPALA ROAD, ENTEBBE. 



The constitution is unchanged. The child King has three 

 Regents by his side, the Katekiro, or Prime Minister, the 

 Supreme Judge, and the Treasurer. He governs with the 

 assistance of a Council composed of twenty chiefs of districts 

 and of sixty-six notables who represent all the distrrcts. The 

 members of tliis Council are chosen by the King, but the 



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