Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-08-22

ing once moro on the move to new
field OF exploration. We made q brave
show OF spears and guns while march
ing across the easy gwclls of pastoral
Western Uganda. Game was also
abundant, and twcnty-scveu harte
beasts fell victims to my love of hunt
ing and our necessities Of life.
a LOFTY CAMP.
Having arrived at the frontier Of
jnyoro, we made all warliiie prepara-
tons, and on January 5th entered
kGhba Bcg0's territory. The people
fled before us leaving their provisions,
in their haste, behind them, of which
we made free use. On the 9th we
camped at the base Of the tremendous
mountain called KabugG, at an altitude
Of 3 800 feet above the sea. East Of the
low ridge on which we campei, the
katOuga river was rounding from the
north TO the east on its course toward
Lake Victoria, and west of the camp
the EusangO river doomed hOarsp
thunder from its many CataraCts and
falls rs it rushed westward TO Lake
Albert. From one of the many spurs
Of kahuga we obtained a passing
glimpse of the king OF mountains,
NfttAAA'tt4 o. " Nun tlbAtNliN tkll NtLl-
tude of between 49, 900 and Is 600 feet
above the ocean. Snow is frequently,
seen, though not perpetual. On It's
summit dwells the chief medicine
men Of Kabba Rega, a people of Euro
peau complexion.
A RACE OF sINGULARLY BEAUTIFUL
WOMEN.
Some half dozen of these pcople |
have seen, and at sight of them | was
reminded Of what Mukamba, King of
UzigO, told Livingstone and myself
respecting white people who live far
north Of his country. They are a
handsome race. and some Of the wo-
men are singularly beautiful. Their
hair is kinky, but inclined to be brown
in color. Their features are regular,
lips thin, but their noses, though well
shaped, are somewhat thick at the
point Several of their descendants
are scattered throughout UnyOro,
Ankori, and Ruanda, and the Royal
family Of the latter powerful country
are distinguished, | am told, by their
pale complcXions. The Queen OfSasua
Islands, in the Victoria Niyanza, is q
descendant of this tribe.
WHENCE CAME THESE PEOPLE?
Whence came this singular people [
have had no means of ascertaining,
except from the Waganda. who say
that the first king of UnyOro gave
them the land around the base of
Gambaragara mountain, wherein
through many vicissitudes they have
continued to reside for centuries. On
the approach of an invading host they
retreat 10 the summitof the mountain,
the intense cold OF which dches the
most determined of their enemies
Two years ago Emperor Mtesa dis
patched his Prime Minister with about
100000 men to GambaTagara and
Usongora but though the great gem
eral of Uganda occupied the slopes and
assembled great height i'm pursuit, he
was compelled by the inclement eli
mate to descend without having cap
tured more than few black slaves the
pale-iaced tribe having retreatcd to
their impregnable fortress at the sum-
nit.
The mountain it appears, is an CX-
tluct volcano, for on the summit is n
crystal ciear lgsae, about 500 yards in
length, from the centre Of which rises
a column-like rock to great height,
a rim of iirm rock, like a wall, sur
rounds the summit, within which are
several villages, where tha principal
mediciHc.mau and his people reside.