CHAPTER XL 
UGANDA TO UNYORO CAPITAL, 7TH JULY TILL 9TH SEPTEMBER 
1862 — FIRST STAGE, CAMPS UNITED, UGANDA TO KAREE — THE 
CATTLE AND SPORT OF THE COUNTRY — ONE OF THE SEEDEES 
KILLED BY THE NATIVES — BUDJA, THE CHIEF NATIVE OFFI- 
CER — MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS — CAPTAIN SPEKE PROCEEDS 
TO THE LAKE NYANZA — ANTELOPE-SHOOTING — DIFFICULTIES 
IN THE WAY OF THE AUTHOR'S ADVANCE — SPEKE RETURNS, 
AND THE CAMPS ARE UNITED — ELEPHANT - HUNT IN UN- 
YORO. 
Although the distance from Uganda to Unyoro by 
a direct route was reported not much above eighty 
miles, we were not confident of the fact. The marches 
given by the natives can seldom be depended upon. 
A M'ganda without a load will march the whole 
day, stopping at every hut where he can get any- 
thing to eat or drink. A laden Seedee thinks six 
miles, or even less, a day's work. How, therefore, 
could we anticipate that Unyoro was so near to us as 
eighty miles ? The journey may be divided into three 
sections : the first, from Uganda to Karee, when 
Speke and I travelled together; the second, when 
Speke tried the water route and I the land ; the third, 
