to his escort o f 182 men; even the feathers of
his curious head-dress waved prouder, and his
robe had a sweeping dignity worthy o f a Roman
emperor’s. Upon landing, Magassa’s stick
was employed frequently. T h e sub-chief of
Kadzi was compelled to yield implicit obedience
to his viceregal behests.
“ Bring out bullocks, sheep, and goats, milk,
and the mellowest o f your choicest bananas, and
great jars o f maramba, and let the white man
and his boatmen eat, and taste o f the hospitalities
o f Uganda. Shall a white man enter the Kabaka!s
presence with an empty belly? S e e how sallow
and pinched his cheeks áre. W e want to see
whether we cannot show him kindness superior
to what the pagans have shown him.”
Tw o bullocks and four goats, a basketful o f
fat mellow bananas, and four two-gallon jars of
maramba, were then brought before us, to which
extraordinary bounty the boat’s crew did ample
justice. Nor were the escort o f Magassa without
supplies. T h e country was at their mercy. T h e y
killed three bullocks for themselves, cut down
as many bananas as th e y wished, and made a
raid on the chickens, in accordance with Magassa’s
serene and gracious permission to help
themselves.
“ A wonderful land!” I thought, “ where an
entire country can be subjected to such an inordinate
bully and vain youth as this Magassa,
at the mere mention o f the KabakcCs name, and
ve ry evidently with the KabakcCs sanction! ”
Uganda was new to us then. W e were not
aware how supreme the KabakcCs authority was;
but a painful suspicion that the vast country
which recognized his powe r was g rea tly abused,
and grieving that the poor people had to endure
such rough treatment for my sake , I did my
best to prevent Magassa from extorting to
excess.
T he next d ay we sallied from Kadzi Bay,
with Magassa’s escort leading the way. W e
crossed Bazzi B a y , from the middle o f which
we gained a view o f old Sabaganzi’s Hill, a
square tabular mount, from the summit o f which
Magassa said we should see the whole o f Murchison
Bay and Rubaga, one o f the KabakcCs
capitals. Ab out 10 A.M. we rounded Muvwo
Point, and entered Murchison Bay. T h e entrance
is about four miles wide, and naturally guarded
b y Linant Island, a lo fty , dome-shaped island,
situated between the opposing points o f Muvwo
and Umbiru. Upon leaving Muvwo south o f us,
we have a full view o f this fine b o d y o f water,
which reaches its extreme width between S ow eh
Island and Ukumba. This, the farthest reach o f
its waters west is about ten miles across, while
its extreme length, from Linant Island to the
arm o f Monyono B a y , where Mtesa keeps his