CHAPTER 11 
LAKE VICTORIA AND THE KAGERA BASIN 
On the 13th of May I embarked at Naples with the other 
members of the expedition on the ss. Burgermeister of the D.O.A. 
Line for Mombasa, which we reached on the 30th of the s'ame 
month. To my surprise I found all our goods, even those sent 
by the last steamer, already stowed in the Customs’ sheds, for 
I had thought them to be at sea. Thus we were forced to look 
after the forwarding of them ourselves. However, through the 
kind courtesy of the English authorities, whose broad-minded 
business methods always work so beneficently, all difficulties 
were smoothed over. 
Soon the great collection of chests and cases was on its way 
to the railway station, where we started loading up the trucks. 
Two passenger carriages for myself and party were courteously 
placed at my disposal for the journey to Kisimu, the terminus 
of the railway at Lake Victoria, where we arrived safe and sound 
on the 6th of June. 
Here the Sybil was lying, one of those smart English 500-ton 
boats which negotiate the traffic on Lake Victoria. 
After a brisk run over the lake we reached the capital, 
Entebbe, which is at the same time the seat of the Government 
of Uganda. In the evening we were present at a very successful 
entertainment at the house of the Acting-Governor, which wound 
up delightfully with a grand illumination of the great drive 
which winds in and out in serpentine form from the palace of 
the Governor to Kai. Then we clambered aboard the Sybil again 
for the night. 
The sleepers’ eyes were still heavy and tired as we weighed 
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