I LEAVE UGANDA. 25 CHAPTEK lY.

KUBAGA TO FOWEIEA.

The circumstances which led to my leaving Uganda have been already detailed. My original intention was to go as far as Khartoum, and to return to Uganda immediately after accomplishing my mission.

The withdrawal of the Egyptian stations from Unyoro, which took place long before I reached Khartoum, and other events, prevented me from carrying out this plan. If I had known that I was leaving Uganda for so long a time, I should have felt it far more than I did, for I had become attached to Mtesa and his people. Short as had been my stay there, they had endeared themselves to me. On account of intelligence which reached us from Mruli, it was arranged that I should leave Kubaga at once, and that Mr. "Wilson should follow me in a few days, as soon as the arrangements for the departure of tho Waganda envoys should be completed. My packing and farewells had to be got through in some six or seven hours. There is a law in Uganda that no stranger shall leave the country without saying farewell to the judge ; the reason for this regulation being, that the number and character of