He Hoped Now As We Had Cows To Eat, There Would Be No Necessity For Wandering For Food, But All Would Keep Together "In One Garden." At Present No Notice Would Be Taken Of The Murderers, As All The Culprits Would Have Fled Far Away In Their Fright To Escape Chastisement.

But when a little time had elapsed, and all would appear to have been forgotten, officers would be sent

And the miscreants apprehended, for it was impossible to suppose anybody could be ignorant of the white men being the guests of the king, considering they had lived at the palace for so long. The king took this opportunity again to remind me that he wanted a heavy solid double gun, such as would last him all his life; and intimated that in a few days the arms and robes of honour were to be sent.

16th. - Most of the cows for ourselves and the guides - for the king gave them also a present, ten each - were driven into camp. We also got 50 lb. of butter, the remainder to be picked up on the way. I strolled with the gun, and shot two zebras, to be sent to the king, as, by the constitution of Uganda, he alone can keep their royal skins.

17th. - We had to halt again, as the guides had lost most of their cows, so I strolled with my rifle and shot a ndjezza doe, the first I had ever seen. It is a brown animal, a little smaller than leucotis, and frequents much the same kind of ground.

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