248 through the b ar k continent, t e '* ,* *,
L Unyoro. J
leaving Dumo, on Lake Victoria, for from ,h
western bank began a more rugged c o l ^
which, as we proceeded westward, daily assumed
a more mountainous character T h J 7 ”
r e s o w itself into mountain m a sH o 7 T Z
M d Serra,ed ^ crag g y hills, separated b v a r rnildlii«r«':s. . ¡aofated
whose surface often presented
- n s t o n e rock, m i^ d w ith f r a gm e ^
™ n J r 0 r * : L p i 7 e u d w z t all o tW « K eig nt> Which, dwarfing-
1 ° ™ ' . became great service to us in
o f e k T T f r a ° d laying down a correc* route. ‘
2 January we crossed the Nabutari
or Nabwari, river, and entered hostile Unvo“ ’
and, undisturbed, made a march o f ten miles’
souus V u o k o h; “ ¿ n * yma* i s *
f o rm e d o f the change, we s h o X
cogmzed at once the fact that we had entered
a new country, b y the difference in the
construction o f the h„tc o ^ • 7 in the
which formed the n • ’• ? “ Vegetables
natives. While in I I I ? t subsistence o f the
1 nrincinal fa a j n bananas formed our
& 7 ; “ 4 * * * * * wholesome, and
i d S < ^ 8ttd or hP0Wgb°m U”^ ° « ,
owbtthai n.“ h : : T e 7geXtables 7ass rfora1g^ing ™couieldd
It was an amusing scene to see the haste
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with which the several detachments rushed about
to dig up their rations. It appeared at first
glance as if we had brought the exploring
army to recultivate Unyoro, so thickly strewn
and so busy were the diggers over the village
fields. The digging was continued until sunset,
and such quantities o f potatoes came to camp
that I fancied something like a desire to plunder
the Wanyoro animated our people.
In the meantime our advance was unchecked,
and our occupation o f Southern Ruoko unmolested;
Sambuzi and Sekajugu drew from th'is
sinister auguries. “ The Wanyoro, said they,
“ must be mustering elsewhere to oppose us;
for usually, when we make a raid on this country,
the natives hail us from the hill-tops, to learn
the motive o f our coming; but now the country
is all silent and deserted; not one native can be
seen.” T h e y therefore determined to send out
spies in all directions, to ascertain the feeling
o f the natives respecting our strange invasion
of their country; and in order to give time to
obtain correct information, a halt was ordered
for the next day.
On the 5th January the various musical bands
and war-drums announced another march. T h e
Waganda being unencumbered with baggage,
except such bedding, mats, and superfluous robes
as their women carried, marched quickly, and
tasked the heavily loaded Expedition g rea tly ,