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as Unyoro and crossing Lake Albert four times. There is an 

 indescribable fascination in African travel and adventure, which 

 draws one again and again to the Dark Continent, though not a 

 few Europeans have found it their grave. Within the last four 

 years a score have passed off the scene ; those personally known 

 to me were : — Mr. Purkiss, Dr. Chartres, Mr. Muxworthy, Capt. 

 Dunning, Mr. West, Mr. Dick, Monseigneur Guillemin, Mr. 

 Godfrey, Capt. Sclater, Major Thruston, Mr. N. Wilson, Mr. Scott, 

 Mr. Pilkington, and the Rev. Mr. Hubbard. The majority of 

 these met with a violent death ; only two or three fell victims 

 to the climate. British supremacy, called " Protectorate," is 

 slowly and steadily establishing itself over these vast realms. 

 It has abolished slavery, compelled native races to live at 

 peace with each other, and opened up uninhabited regions, 

 larger than the whole of England, for skilful and willing 

 settlers to found homesteads and farms. 



On my first arrival in Uganda, we were but twelve Euro- 

 pean officials, including every one from the highest to the 

 lowest ; and only seven remain of these pioneers, the thin 

 end of the wedge made use of by the British Government 

 in the great work of opening up these remote regions to 

 further British enterprise. Perhaps some of my experiences 

 " under the African sun " may be of service to others. 



