Chapter X. 



of wings. Bihunga had become an important centre. It was 

 the place where the Bakonjo porters passed on the loads to 

 the Baganda of the plain who had again been concentrated 

 at Ibanda. 



Ibanda had now become a big permanent camp. The 

 members of the expedition, as they arrived from Bujongolo, 

 were received by the neighbouring chieftains with the usual 

 ceremony and ofiering of gifts. The camp had become the 

 natural meeting place for all the inhabitants of the surrounding 



PORTERS IN CAMP, AT IBANDA. 



villages. Women and old men were busy rooting out 

 weeds and })reparing the ground to construct new liuts 

 near the tents. From morning till niglit there was a racket 

 and l)ustle ; they all crowded around tlie fires, around the 

 kitchens, around the barbers, wliilc tlie native soldiers wandered 

 liitlici- and tliitlier attempting to kee]) a little oi'der in the 

 confusion. Tlie i-iver was generahv full of natives, liatliing 

 and disporting tliemselves in tlic water with great enjoyment. 



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