Chapter X. 
of wings. Bihunga had become an important centre. It was 
the place where the Bakonjo porters passed on the loads to 
the Baganda of the plain who had again been concentrated 
at Ibanda. 
Ibanda had now become a big permanent camp. The 
members of the expedition, as they arrived from Bujongolo, 
were received by the neighbouring chieftains with the usual 
ceremony and offering of gifts. The camp had become the 
natural meeting place for all the inhabitants of the surrounding 
PORTERS IN CAMP, AT IBANDA. 
villages. Women and old men were busy rooting out 
weeds and preparing the ground to construct new huts 
near the tents. From morning till night there was a racket 
and bustle; they all crowded around the fires, around the 
kitchens, around the barbers, while the native soldiers wandered 
hither and thither attempting to keep a little order in the 
confusion. The river was generally full of natives, bathing 
and disporting themselves in the water with great enjoyment. 
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