Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-14

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IL Unfurl your fans and take out
YOUR Rerchiefs TO hide your
bushes. We are about to have
stroll among the Kavirop-
do. who ihhabit the eastern
shores of Lake Victoria on the west
orn edge of British East Africa. These
pecple are all more or less naked. ard
some of the sights we dare not de-
scribe We have our cameras with us
Z but Postmaster General Meyer will
9 not allow our films to go through the
& mails and no newspaper would pub
lish all the pictures We take.
NJ We are in the heart of the contin-
ent, so near the equator that a days
a march to the north would enable us
to straddle it, but so high above the
sea that the weather is by no means
a unpleasant. We are on the wide
Gulf of kavirondo and on the eastern
edge of the greatest fresh water lake
OF the world. That island-studded
sen in front of US is Victoria Nyan-
"a; and over there at the northwest,
less than two days by the small
steamers which ply on the lake, Is
Napoleon gulf, out of which flows tile
great river Nile. With the glass you
may see the appropriateness swim
ming near the shores of Kavirondo
bay, and behind us are plains covered
with pastures and spotted with droves
Of cattle, antelope, and gnu, and also
the queerly matched huts of the
4 stark-naked natives.
I The plains have Il sparse growth OF
tropical trees, and looking over them
Il We can catch sight of the hills which
Il steadily rise to the Mau Escarpment,
beyond which is the great Rift val
ley, and still farther east are the level
highlands of British East Africa, the
whole extending OH and on to Nom
btsa, distance as great as that be-
II lEeen New York and Cleveland to the
Edan ocean. 1t was at that point
that l entered the continent, and I
have been travelling for days in COM
ing the 5S4 miles which lie between
q Us and the ocean.
A FUTURE METROPOLIS.
Port Florence is the terminus of the
Uganda railroad. ana it Is destined to
be one of the great cities of East
Central Africa. When the Cape to
will probably be a branch running
from here through Uganda to con-
meet with 1t, and all the commerce
Of the vast region about Lake Vic
torla will flow by steamer to this
point and down the Uganda railway
10 the sea. AS it is now, the trade
is greatly increasing, and ivory, hides,
grain and rubber from German East
Africa, the Upper Congo and the lands
10 the northsof the lake are shipped
through here 10 the coast. The cars
come right down to a wooden wharf
which extends well out into the Ka-
nrondo gulf. on the lake are several
small steamers, which have been
brought up here in pieces and put to-
eether, and they are now bringing in
freight from all parts of this big in
land sea.
As to Port Florence, itself. it is a lit
lie tin town with practically no accom-
modations for travellers. The only place
10 stop is a dak bungalow or rest
mouse, put up by the government. and
the only stores are those OF n few Hin
doc traders. The Europeans consist OF
some soldiers belonging TO the kings
African Rifles, OF the government Off
Gals and of some employees of the rail-
road
The officials put on great airs. Among
me passengers who came in with me
Yesterday was judge who will settle
lhe disputes among these half-naked
natives. He was met at the cars by
some soldiers and n gang OF convicts IN
ehalns. The latter had come TO carry
ms baggage and other belongings to
MS tin house on the hill and each was
dressed In q heavy iron collar with iron
fV.s 10. 1Nt .lHta
ana ankles. Nevertheless he was able
70 aid IN lifting the boxes and In push
ing them off on trucks, prodded up to
ms work all the while by the soldiers
on guard.
A NAKED NATION.
But let us take our feet In our hands
dnu tramp about through Port Flor
tncr Later on we may march off Into
tNe country through which | Travelled
LOT ABOUT 80 miles on my way here. In
fort Florence itself we may now and
men sec a man with a blanket wrapped
around him. and the men frequently
wear waist cloths behind or In front.
outside OF this they are stark naked,
many of them wearing absolutely moth
w except plugs IN their ears, strings
OF hcade about their waists and rough
Nlie rings on their wrists and ankles,
- "hHlH VI a uhlh tlptblhA'
brown. They have rather intelligent
iieeatuIes' woolly hair and lips and noses
like those of a negro. They belong 10
.he banlu race family and are among
inc nest formed of the peoples OF Afrl-
~ some one has said that travelling
,.hrough their country Is like walking
through miles of living statuary, and /
nave seen thousands OF such statues
Oh my way here.
KANIRoNDo MEN.
,ske these kavirondo men who have
lThnI. rsd about me lust now as / write.
thnnn tkpies are ebony, and some OF
bse,n N,nk as though they might have
b bsgn Cyl from black marble by The
brow bow NJ : sculptor Look at those three
strai1,pucks az my left. They are az
s,ss,snt as Michel Angeles famed
fo rua OF David ana about as We'll
tbeIr n, zee how firmly they stand on
throWn plaeh rect. Their heads ave
ianSNhh back and two have burst Out
rhse as turn my camera towards
o.ce,, lhey are stark naked. with the
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