Chapter II. 
about with irregular and deeply indented coasts, crowned with 
mountains attaining to a height of 2,000 feet above the surface 
of the lake, and inhabited by tribes which seem almost to have 
acquired special characteristics in their long separation from 
the mainland. 
The most important and the greatest of all is the Island of 
Buvuma, one of the group which crowds around the entrance to 
Gulf Napoleon, and masks the exit of the Nile from the Victoria 
Nyanza. Buvuma was formerly inhabited by a warrior tribe 
which, relying upon a strong fleet, defended its independence 
with great valour against the powerful kings of Uganda. 
The sleeping sickness has turned into vast graveyards the 
greater number of the beautiful and fertile islands of the 
MARKET, ENTEBBE. 
archipelago. After depopulating whole districts of the Congo, it 
appeared in Uganda between 1900 and 1902 and has spread 
further and further, following the main routes of communication, 
invading step by step the territories of the Baganda, Basoga and 
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