LIFE IN UGANDA.

laud and the marvellous abundance of provisions. On the 28th a chief named Simbuzi arrived with a present of goats and cattle from Mtesa, and a request that we would come on at once ; so we disembarked, and having discharged all the cargo, had the Daisy dragged up high and dry out of the reach of the waves. The following day we started for the capital with a large escort and a number of men carrying our property. The village at which we had landed, by name Ntebbi, was just at the entrance to Murchison Bay, and, on leaving this place, we got a fine view of the greater part of it. Our road led past several large hamlets surrounded by extensive groves of plantains, and with stately mpafu trees casting a deep cool shadow. We skirted along the shores of the bay in a northerly direction, passing through magnificent forest glades, dim and cool, with a luxuriant undergrowth of ferns. In the middle of the day we halted at a small village, and, on resuming the march, turned in an easterly direction, the road leading along a high ridge from which magnificent views of the lake were obtained, and a glorious panorama of hill and dale, diversified with splendid forest. We spent that night at a large village, and the following day went on to Rubaga, Mtesa's capital, which we reached on June 30th. We were taken to a group of huts set apart for our use, in sight of the palace.

July 2nd was the day fixed for our first inter-