They Were Literally Lying In Heaps On The
Ground, Though The People Were Brewing Pombe All Day, And Cooking
Them For Dinner Every Evening.
After crossing many more hills and miry bottoms, constantly
coming in view of the lake, we reached Ugonzi, and after another
march of the same description, came to Kituntu, the last
officer's residence in Uddu.
Formerly it was the property of a
Beluch named Eseau, who came to this country with merchandise,
trading on account of Said Said, late Sultan of Zanzibar; but
having lost it all on his way here, paying mahongo, or taxes, and
so forth he feared returning, and instead made great friends with
the late king Sunna, who took an especial fancy to him because he
had a very large beard, and raised him to the rank of Mkungu. A
few years ago, however, Eseau died, and left all his family and
property to a slave named Uledi, who now, in consequence, is the
border officer.
I became now quite puzzled whilst thinking which was the finest
spot I had seen in Uddu, so many were exceedingly beautiful; but
I think I gave the preference to this, both for its own immediate
neighbourhood and the long range of view it afforded of Uganda
proper, the lake, and the large island, or group of islands,
called Sese where the king of Uganda keeps one of his fleets of
boats.
Some little boys came here who had all their hair shaved off
excepting two round tufts on either side of the head.
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