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important spot, isolated from Kampala on the one 

 side by the difficult Karungi swamps and from 

 Buddu by the Katonga and Kurumbutu swamp- 

 rivers, which are even worse. 



On the other hand, from Kiromanji one could 

 reach Villa Maria in one day and Bikira, the other 

 important Roman Catholic mission station, in 

 a long day's inarch. It also commands the one 

 ford of the Nabajisu swamp, between which 

 and the sea lies the , most important part of 

 Buddu. 



If it were possible to have two stations in 

 Buddu, a good site exists at Tiasimbe, not far 

 from the Kagera river, and from this the various 

 fords of the Kagera river could probably be con- 

 trolled. 



Marching in the Victoria region cannot be con- 

 sidered purely pleasure. The nights are long and 

 hot, only varied by the constantly recurring buzz 

 of a mosquito. Immediately one is killed another 

 takes his place, for this insect never seems to 

 learn by experience. Just as the morning grows 

 comparatively cool and you are sinking luxuriously 

 into sleep, the drowsy and shaky crow of the first 

 cock rouses you. Then the boy enters the tent 

 and begins to pack, so that there is no choice but 

 to rise. The cold bath freshens one's spirits 

 wonderfully, and two cups of cocoa and milk, a 

 herring or sardine and two or three biscuits orna- 

 mented with jam, are rapidly swallowed, while 



