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UNDER THE AFRICAN SUN 



to a shepherd, and the bell-cow that acts as leader to a herd 

 on giddy mountain heights in Switzerland has been known to 

 tight desperately with others for her distinguished but perilous 

 position. If proverbially dull-brained animals can exercise this 

 influence over a herd, it does not seem improbable that the 

 animal on the top rung of creation's ladder, and known as 

 homo sapiens, should on occasion similarly sway a multitude of 

 his own species. 



During my stay at Kampala I gathered, that chiefs, great and 

 small, considered it their most important daily duty to attend 



RUBAGA HILL SEEN FROM NAMIREMBE. 



from nine to twelve biblical instruction. As they are intelligent 

 pupils, there is nothing surprising in the remark once made to 

 me by a missionary, that he could not find questions hard enough 

 to " stump " the adult scholars who had been attending this 

 course for a number of years. 



The French Algerian Mission, known as the " White Fathers," 

 have settled on Rubaga hill. These hardy missionaries devote 

 their life to the cause ; as a rule, they die out here, unless some 

 one completely broken down is invalided by a medical man 

 before it is too late. The Church Mission Society grant a full 

 year's leave to their missionaries after every five years of work. 



