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by the Government, if directly or indirectly he caused the 

 spread of disloyal sentiments. 



In this way all smouldering disloyalty was extinguished, and 

 the rebellion was nipped in the bud without bloodshed. In 

 fact, such absolute security now followed, that when I handed 

 over Kampala to my successor, he subsequently decided to 

 pull down the stockade which protected the P'ort and to fill 

 up the trench around it. 



Since then three years have passed, and a Waganda rebel- 

 lion and a Soudanese mutiny have occurred, and it has been 

 found necessary to build up a new Fort as speedily as possible. 

 This new Fort is larger in area than the old one which was 

 still the one originally built by Lugard ; but instead of a 

 wooden stockade there are now high strong ramparts of 

 earthwork surmounted by some brickwork. The new trench is 

 also deeper and wider than the old one. 



The main-entrance of Fort Kampala is a massive structure, 

 with a field-gun mounted on the top of it. A draw-bridge 

 gives admission to the Fort during the day and, by revolving 

 round an axis, acts as a barred gate at night. This ingenious 

 piece of mechanism is the work of Mr. Pordage, whose engi- 

 neering skill was requisitioned in constructing the new Fort. 



When last I saw Fort Kampala, the mutiny scare had not 

 yet subsided, though no mutineer has approached its walls. 

 The outcome of the mutiny is, that a more liberal allowance 

 has been granted to meet Government expenditure, and that 

 the British nation has a firmer hold than ever of the Uganda 

 Protectorate. 



