AT KA WANG A. 781 



encamped at Unyampaka Unyoro, on the shore of the Albert Nyanza. Mtesa, 

 Emperor of Uganda, faithfully fulfilled his promise by furnishing me with 

 force sufficient to pierce the hostile country of Kabba Rega, and to pene- 

 trate to the Albert Nyanza, near which we were encamped three days. 



" But though we were successful so far as to reach the lake, drink of its 

 svaters, take a couple of astronomical observations, and procure much inform- 

 ation respecting the contiguous countries, I soon perceived that exploration 

 of the Albert was out of the question, unless I then and there resolved to 

 terminate my journey. For having penetrated by force through Kabba 

 Rega's country it would have been folly to expect that two thousand two 

 hundred men could long occupy Unyampaka in the face of the thousands 

 which Kabba Rega, King of Unyoro, and Mtambuko, King of Ankori, would 

 array against them. Ever since Sir Samuel Baker and his Egyptian force 

 provoked the hostility of the successor to Kamrasi, Unyoro is a closed country 

 to any man of a pale complexion, be he Arab, Turk, or European. Besides, 

 Gordon's officers in the north frequently engage the Wangoro wherever they 

 are met, and thus the hate which Kabba Rega bears to Europeans is not 

 diminishing. South of Unyoro extends the country of Ankori, inhabited by 

 a powerful tribe, whose numbers have generally been found sufficient to give 

 Mtesa measure for measure and blow for blow, and whose ferocity and sin- 

 gular aversion to strangers have compelled all trading caravans to keep clear 

 of them. 



" Upon considering then the chances of success along the various routes 

 to Lake Albert, it became too evident to me that, unaided by a force of Wa- 

 ganda, I could not so much as reach it, and that even with the Waganda, 

 unless the emperor assisted me with fifty thousand or sixty thousand, it would 

 be almost hopeless to expect that we could hold our ground long enough to 

 enable me to set out on a two months' voyage of exploration, and find on my 

 return the Expedition still intact and safe. On representing these ideas to 

 the emperor, he and his chiefs assured me that two thousand men were amply 

 sufficient, as Kabba Rega would not dare lift a spear against Waganda, 

 because it was he (Mtesa), who had seated Kabba Rega on the throne of 

 Kamrasi. Though not quite convinced by the assurances Mtesa gave me 

 that there would be no trouble, I entreated him no further, but accepted 

 thankfully General Samboozi and two thousand men as an escort. 



" Our march across Uganda W. and N. W. was uninterrupted by any 

 event to mar the secret joy I felt in being once more on the move to new 

 fields of exploration. We made a brave show of spears and guns while mov- 

 ing across the easy swells of pastoral Western Uganda. Game was also 

 abundant, and twenty-seven havte-beests fell victims to my love of hunting 

 and our necessities. 



" Having arrived at the frontier of Unyoro, we made all warlike pre- 



