66 A NATURALIST IN MID-AFRICA. 



thicket for them to graze in it. Probably, in the 

 future, some means will be devised of cutting and 

 storing these enormous supplies of green fodder 

 for use in the dry season. 



My own personal experiences in the Victoria 

 region may be very shortly dismissed. After a 

 rest at Mumia's and Lubwa's, where long lines 

 of huts were rapidly springing up under the super- 

 vision of my host, Mr. Grant, I finally reached 

 Kampala, the capital of Uganda. I found that 

 Colonel Colville was engaged at the time in fight- 

 ing Kabbarega, and that both the country to the 

 east on the road to Elgon, as well as the direct 

 route to Ruwenzori, were quite impracticable with 

 the small number of men at my disposal. 



Kabbarega was, as should be well known in this 

 country, completely crushed by this expedition of 

 Colonel Colville. The effect has been to free the 

 whole of the country, from the Albert Edward and 

 Albert Nyanzas to Kavirondo, from a constant 

 standing danger. Kabbarega 's people were one 

 of those raiding, murderous races, whose very 

 existence depends on theft and continual enslaving 

 and destruction of the more peaceful and indus- 

 trious peoples. Ruffians of this kind always 

 obtain the sympathy of Mr. Labouchere and a 

 certain section of fanatics in England, but those 

 who know the cruelty and incessant destruction 

 which the maintenance of Kabbarega/ s hordes 

 involved, can only heartily congratulate Colonel 



