Chapter III. 



and endeavouring to cheer up his spirits with the hope of 

 overtaking them. By 8.30 the porters had their loads on their 

 heads, and started on their way in a long file, with deafening- 

 shouts, on the wide and even road to Kampala. The caravan 



THE \AT1\ E PATH. 



numhered ahout 400 individuals, and tlie vanguard was nearly 

 out of sight hv the time that the Prince and the other members 

 of the expedition started in their tiu'n. 



Soon after leaving Entebbe the road enters imder tlie 

 majestic vaults of a tropical forest. The distance from Entebbe 

 to Fort Portal is about 180 miles, with an ascent of some 

 1,165 feet. This ascent mav be I'egarded as falling into four 

 sections Ijelonging to separate river systems. The first of these 

 collects the waters which flow southward into the River Katongo, 

 a tributary of the Victoria Nyanza. Lake Isolt belongs to this 

 section. The second and third basins contain the affluents of the 



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