FAREWELL TO UGANDA. 273 ceived frequent visits at this time from chiefs and others. Foremost among these was Mkwenda ; his real name was Grabunga, but, his father having been a very well-known chief, the son, who was a mere boy when I arrived in Uganda, is more frequently called by his father's name, Mkwenda, than by his own. This young man is the first in rank of the three hereditary bakungu, who have been already mentioned, though, owing to his youth, he did not take the prominent part in the affairs of the nation to which his rank entitled him. He is a remarkably intelligent young fellow, and always proved himself a good friend to us, standing by us, as far as he dared, when the other chiefs looked coldly upon us.

From the time when Lieutenant Smith and I had our first interview with him, Mtesa had expressed a great wish to send some of his people to England, to learn from their account what our country was really like, and whether it was as great as it had been represented to him. AYe had encouraged this idea ; as, what the chiefs and people of Uganda need, is a better knowledge of their real relation to the outside world and of the comparative insignificance of their own country, and nothing would convince them so strongly of this as a visit to some European country. Those who went would not, probably, have the courage to tell Mtesa all they saw, and how much inferior he was to European potentates, but they would freely tell those of their own rank VOL. i. T