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personage, and displayed such an amount of 

 diplomacy and power of wheedling the natives 

 that I made him eventually my headman, and he 

 turned out the hest I ever had. This is an in- 

 stance of the advantage of watching carefully the 

 disposition of one's men, without appearing to 

 do so. 



On leaving Kampala, Captain Gribb was most 

 kind, giving me everything I could require, and 

 particularly a valuable cow and calf, which kept 

 me in fresh milk all the rest of my journey. 



pn the way I stopped a few days at the two 

 French Catholic stations, Villa Maria and Bikini, 

 where, as usual, I received the very greatest 

 hospitality. It is the usual thing in a book of 

 travels to write a chapter on Missions and Mission- 

 aries, but I have denied myself this pleasure 

 (see chap, xx.), which would have involved a very 

 high compliment to all the Roman Catholic 

 Fathers, except their very diplomatic superior. 



