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from the mass of customs and rules which exist 

 now in the memories of the older chiefs. 



When this is, even in a slight degree, attained, 

 the coffee, tobacco, wheat, cattle, &c, of the 

 Waganda will be paid for by our cloths, knives, 

 and other articles, and both ourselves and the 

 Waganda will be enormously benefited. 



A very small number of Europeans — provided 

 they are of the right class — would be sufficient to 

 attain this end in some degree. One at Berkeley 

 Bay, another in Kavirondo, one at Elgon, another 

 in Usoga in a central position — not at Lubwas, 

 which is a rather inconvenient place— two or three 

 in Unyoro, one in Buddu, two about Ruwenzori, 

 and perhaps three at Kampala ; or say twelve 

 Europeans in all, provided they knew the language 

 and had a definite prospect of a career, if they 

 proved capable, would entirely change the country, 

 and in some degree produce a new British 

 possession. 



I was specially asked to look out in Buddu for 

 a good station, and the arrangement of the swamps 

 made this an easy matter. There is an isolated 

 summit, Kiromanyi, so high that neither mos- 

 quitoes nor fever can do any harm : there are 

 springs of good water and plenty of timber and 

 cultivation in the immediate neighbourhood. Tt 

 is only two hours from the Yictoria, from which 

 one could probably reach Ntebbi in two days and 

 Changu in one day; this latter being rather an 



