Casco Bay breeze., 1912-06-20

in the Teso country on The
Back Waters of the Nile" They
went out from England as mis-
sionaries and their experiences were
unique. They were on friendly terms
with cannibals. for Algot Lange has
not a corner on those strange people
They lived among the most primitive
tribes, men and women who wore only
beads and feathers and others who
wore not even as much clothing as
that
Mr.. Kitching lived for ten years
among the savage tribes of East Afri
"a. speaking their languages and study
Ing their habits and customs In their
aboriginal surroundings, and thus
gained a knowledge Of their inner
mode Of life not possessed by any 9th.
er white man. He is not only an OBJ
server but also an agreeable and
graphic writer, and he gives an un.
usually clear idea OF the child mind
and the point Of view Of these prfm.
tive people.
The Protectorate Of Uganda, he
says. Is a miniature edition Of the
British empire as most people know 1t,
for few penetrate beyond its borders.
The subdistrict Of Bugoma is famous
locally for its fine forest, which teens
with life Of every size and description,
from the herds Of immense elephants
and the chimpanzees which are fire.
quently met with, down to the gor-
geous butterflies which often throng
the air and paint the pools in the paths
In countless brilliant hues and pat
terms.
Next to Bugoma is Bugahya. where
the dialect spoken is so broad as to
correspond to the Yorkshire which
Tennyson loved to initiate. From
these districts the plateau dips sud.
denly over to the Albert lake. on the
shores OF which live people whose hab-
its have been moulded by the abun-
dance OF fish and the proximity of the
brine supplies, which provide them
with exports.
overrun With Pests.
On the foothills OF Ruwenzori and
on the sides OF the range nearly nm
TO the bamboo line live a little known
tribe OF low order whose language has
so far not been reduced to writing
These are the Bakonjo. whose physical
hardihood enables them to hunt the
comics and sleep in the open close up
to the snow line, but whose tastes do
not exclude rats and snakes from the
daily dietary. Those who accompa-
MED Mr.. Kitching's party up to the
foot OF the glacier would sleep some
times In caves, but at other times I'm
the open.
These Nile districts possess few at
fractions TO the average traveller. Not
only are the natives far from being
attractive but the country is oyerrun
with tropical pests. or these Mr.
Kitching enumerates MOSQUITOES.
embwa or dog flies. termites. wild piRs.
leopards, and worst OF all the tsetse
ny. II is, as the Irishman said. a dis
thressful country One may get used
to having ones person devoured by
the embwa, ones house By the ter.
mites and ones children by the Ieop-
ards and hyenss. One may even IN.
more the bites Of the tsetse until he
brings the dread infection OF the sleen.
ing sickness. Then. as the deadly
fethargy Of the disease creeps owe,
the infected. the equsIlv deadly numb
ness Of despair and indI6ereuee and "a
tsfism psrsiyres the healthy
On the confines Of the protectorste.
In the extreme west and the extreme
east lie the two cannfbaI tribes of
Uganda. the Bshuku and the Bsglsu.
The Babuku are the last tribe met
With to the west. before the traveller
plung . Into the gloomy ~s1ds Of the
W4my forest They are not vsry uu-'