LIFE IN UGANDA. 101 the eye, caused by a sling stone. We had a medicine chest handy, and our wounds were speedily dressed, Smith himself, though in great pain, sucking the wound in my arm. Two of the crew were hurt; one had a scratched finger and the other a slight wound on the arm, and both were crying like babies. The fore sail had never been lowered, so the boat was soon carried out of reach of missiles ; when the crew discovered this they got up, suddenly becoming very brave, and expressed great anxiety to return and fight the natives, but were not allowed to put their valour to the test, and were much astonished that we would not let them fire on our assailants. Our forbearance, however, bore good fruit, for the Wakara were so much surprised that we did not retaliate, that they subsequently visited our camp at Ukerewe, and apologised for having attacked us ; they had taken us for slave-traders ! As soon as we found ourselves in the open sea, we shaped our course for Uganda. Contrary to our expectation, the breeze kept up the whole day and during the night also, so that we attained an average speed of between five and six knots an hour. Lieutenant Smith . was in such pain that he was disabled, and I had consequently to take the management of the boat.

About seven o'clock the next morning (26th), we came in sight of land, which our pilots declared to be the coast of Uganda, but it proved to be only some rocky uninhabited islands. In about two