From Entebbe to Fort Portal. 



on account of a di-eam, or to quiet the superstitious terrors of 

 the Kabaka, torture, mutilation, daily murders of wives, of 

 servants, of slaves, the country emptied of women to fill the 

 harems of the kings or chieftains, all this formed a condition of 



A ROAD IN UGANDA. 



affairs whose incidents were so especially ghastly that they 

 would seem to surpass the limits of human possibility if they 

 were not proved by the mianimity of the descriptions of 

 witne.sses who saw Uganda in those days. The neighbouring 

 kingdoms were in a similar condition, Avhile the population of 

 •the islands were cannibals. 



The transformation of the country in so few years is 

 miraciilous, and the greater portion uf the merit is to be 

 attributed to the Mi.ssions. These Missions are the direct 

 continuation of the first Anglican Mission which came to 

 Uganda in 1877 on the invitation of King Mtesa, transmitted 

 to England by a letter of Stanley, which lias become historical. 



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