Chapter X. 



there were field fires in every direction, which even became 

 a source of danger tt) tlie camjis when the wind blew that 

 way. AVliole districts were qiiite bare and covered with 

 ashes. 



On the 7th of August, the expedition crossed the frontier 

 between Tore and Uganda. Here it was met by Major 

 Wyndham. The native porters seemed very impatient to 

 get home and marched fast with few halts. The stages were 

 difterently distributed and the camps were set up in places 

 where they liad not stopped on the journey up. 



A halt was made at Byndia, as previously at Kichiomi in 

 the Kingdom of Toro, foi' the purpose of making a seiies of 

 magnetic observations. 



On the 14th of August, they at last reached the shores of 

 Lake Victoria. The discipline of the caravan had become 

 somewhat relaxed during the last days, and at every moment 

 there were rows, disputes, and quarrels between the porters. 



They had chosen a more direct route to return, and reached 

 the banks of the lake just opposite the exti'eme end of the 

 peninsula upon which Entebbe is situated. Here native canoes 

 were ready in suflicient numbers to carry the whole party. 



While the boats were being prepared and loaded, they 

 lunched upon the bank of the lake in the shade of lofty 

 trees. They reached Entebbe in the early afternoon. 



After a week spent in packing the luggage which was to 

 be carried back to Italy, and during which time they were 

 entertained with the greatest hospitality and kindness by all 

 the European residents, the expedition left Entebbe, with its 

 crowd of islands and its flowery shores, upon tlie steamer 

 Sibyl. 



They stopped at Jinja to visit the famous Ripon Falls, which 



