210 Rev. J. Roscoe. Preliminary Report of the 



From Kampala the expedition went in a westerly direction to Ankole 

 (see the outline map), where it was purposed to make the first researches. 

 It had been my intention to return to Kampala from each district, work 

 up the materials there, and send them home. I found this was not feasible, 

 and therefore decided when in Ankole not to return to Kampala again, 

 except for a brief visit to see the Governor. 



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In Ankole my attention was devoted to the pastoral tribe known as the 

 Bahuma, which is the descriptive term used in that part of Africa for the 

 pastoral people. I found the Bahuma were of the Hamitic stock, and that 

 they had entered into the country some hundreds of years before and 

 had lost all traces of their original home. They could only say they came 

 from the north-east. They still strictly abstain from intermarriage with any 



