From Entebbe to Fort Portal. 



Groups of native converts, strangely contrasting with their 

 heathen surroundings, would pray in a loud voice, or recite the 

 rosarv. In addition to tlie rosarv, thev were often adorned with 



BETWEEN ENTEBKE AM> FOKT I'ORTAI.. 



crosses, medals and reliquaries hanging around their necks. 

 Here a Mohammedan would lie worshipping on liis bit of 

 carpet at sunset, while yonder the native escort would lie 

 p'oinjy throutrh their dailv drill. 



As evening closes in, the cauip is lit up by hundreds of 

 fires, around which the porters sit until far on in the night, 

 roasting the sweet potatoes, or boiling the plantains which, 

 witli the addition occasionally of a little dried fish, form their 

 sole diet. 



After a march of five or six hours over heavy ground, 

 carrying fahly substantial loads on their heads, this frugal 

 single meal was amply sufficient to their simple needs. Banana 

 wine is a rare luxury, while water is scarce and filtliy, witli a 

 disgusting: smell and taste even when boiled. 



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