From Entebbe to Fort Portal. 
The encampments were always situated at a certain distance 
from the villages, in places selected beforehand and prepared 
for the purpose. There was usually a hut where meals were 
provided for the Europeans, and one or two sheds to shelter 
the equipment from the weather. Around the sheds stood the 
European tents. Mr. Martin formed a second smaller camp. 
English and Italian flag's were flown over each. The tents 
were surrounded by a zeriba or enclosure of plaited cane 
DANCING IN THE PORTERS’ CAMP. 
which served less as a defence than as a means of dividing' 
the European camp from that of the native porters. 
The native porters would arrive at their destination at a 
run, singing and shouting, throw down their loads hastily on 
the spot fixed for the purpose, and immediately set to work 
to build huts for their own shelter. The huts would spring up 
all around with the most marvellous rapidity. The method of 
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