From Entebbe to Fort Portal. 



monkeys. After a long inarch of seven liours thev reached 

 Fort Portal on the same day. 



On approaching Fort Portal, H.K.H. was received hy tlie 

 KiniT of Toro, Kasao'ama, a handsome man. al)ove the averaov 

 stature, with an o])en and intelligent countenance. He was 

 accompanied hy a large escort carrying numerous gifts. 

 After crossing the helt of cultivated fields around the city, 

 they entered the wide, clean street of Toro hlazing witii 

 smi, and flanked on either side hv the chiefs of the i-egion 

 wlio had come with escorts to receive the e.xpedition. The 

 street was crammed with people, and e.speciallv witli noisv 

 children. 



Fort Portal was founded in 181M hv <_ apt. Lngard after he 

 h;id deposed Kaharega, who was an allv of Mwanga in liis 

 revolt, and had set Kasagama upon the throne in his place, 

 thus ending a period of frightful persecutions and raids which 

 had nearly depopulated the counlrv. The site of Fort 

 Portal is very liealthv. It stands at a height of 5,000 feet 

 above the sea. in a hasin hounded to tlii^ \\est hv the range 

 of l{u\\enzori, winch slojies do\\ n towards Lake Albert in a 

 long chain of gradually lessening spm\s, and to the east hy 

 the hills which divide the basin of Lake Alhert Edward from 

 th;it of Lake Albert. Of the great range tady the highest 

 points are visible, wlieu l)y exception they are not covered with 

 clouds, above an advanced buttress known as the Portal Peaks. 

 To the north-west, at tlie foot of the mountains, are scattered 

 volcanic cones amonii- wliit-li lie numerous small crater lakes. 



The European re.sidents of Fort Portal, including ladies, 

 are scarcely fifteen in number. They consist of tlie Suh- 

 Conmiissioner, the Collector, the (/ommander of the troops, 

 and the ('atholic and Protestant Missionaries. Tlie dwellings 



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