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grove, fenced round to protect it from wild animals. 
By noon I was shooting in a swampy meadow of tall 
grass, and succeeded in bagging a beautiful red buck, 
the " n soono " or leucotis, which we christened after- 
wards the " noble buck." Plodding through the deep 
water, full of a network of grasses, was uncomfortable ; 
the wounded game was lost, and no other species could 
be seen. The proprietor of the house I put up in 
came timidly to get out his large game-nets, in order 
to save them from being injured by my men. About 
his house were the spoils of eland and " phongo " or 
bush-boc ; so that this is a sporting country. 
26 th. — Marched nine miles, getting into Unyoro 
territory immediately after leaving camp. Nothing 
marked the boundary between Uganda and Unyoro. 
The country rolled in waves, had many pretty glades, 
and was covered with tall grass and trees. At the 
fourth mile an arch of boughs was thrown across the 
path, seemingly the work of the previous day. My 
Waganda did not pass under it for some unknown 
reason, probably because they suspected treachery on 
the part of their bitter enemies, the people of Unyoro ; 
but nearly all the Seedees and myself did, as we took 
it for the Unyamuezi sign that dwellings and water 
were not far distant. 
At yesterday's camp a native fell upon his knees to 
Budja, and presented him with the lid of a tin canister, 
and a rag of cloth which my men had purposely 
thrown away. This was the third instance of their 
returning things through fear of their king M'tessa. 
Being now in the kingdom of Unyoro, it was con- 
sidered necessary to halt here, and send some men in 
advance, to obtain permission to proceed further. 
