The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XVI, No. 6 [‎348v] (49/232)

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AN EXPEDITION BETWEEN LAKE RUDOLF AND THE NILE.
Amara was a splendid specimen of a Sudanese, over 6 feet in
height, very broad and muscular, and with a strong, handsome face.
But for his outburst of passion, which lasted but a minute, I should
have thought him most cheerful and amiable.
Two long marches on March 3 and 4 brought us to a village where
we were visited by a lady chieftain. I followed out my custom of
offering a chair to a recognized chief, but I must confess the position
was rather strange to me to be sitting with a well-formed young lady
clad in the same manner only as G-unga Din, and talking over weighty'
affairs involving the welfare of her subjects with the latter. Her name
was Kari, but she behaved herself in such a dignified manner as to pre
clude any idea that she would have recognized a name such as Caro
line. The day after this we reached the village of the chief Uri Sube,
the last of the villages under King Araara. From here on until we
reached Loker we found ourselves in territory belonging to the Lukoyu,
vho inhabit principally the hills to the south, and possess but a few
scattered hamlets in the bushy, wild plain through which we passed.
M e had much difficulty in cutting our way through the low forests
and dense bush, occasionally getting tangled up in bamboo jungles,
which we here encountered for the first time.
I heard from Amara that there was an Englishman stationed on the
east hank of the Nile considerably south of Lado, so I abandoned my
intention of going to the Belgians on account of the pleasure I felt it
would give me to talk once more to an English officer, not dreaming that
could not enjoy the same benefit in the Uganda Protectorate that all
civilized countries extend to visitors—that of being able to leave my
valuables in bond at a frontier post, if I did not intend to enter them in
the country. I firmly anticipated finding the Nile open, so that I could
a 'e my outfit to Cairo either in steamers or canoes. The first great
disappointment came at Loker’s, a large settlement situated almost on
^ 1 T g i m0Untain wllidl can be seen from the Nile 25 miles east
° Foit Berkeley or Hejaf. On reaching here on March 10 we were
informed that no steamers had come up the Nile, and that, furthermore
there were no canoes to be had. We were all cut up by the news, for
oads"wUh 0 ! giVen ° Ut ’ 1 WaS ° bliged t0 leave thirteen
loads with the chief Loker to hold until I sent back for them. How-
much WG . rea r , Ched f° rt Berke W on March 14, 1900, and although I was
ch pained at the extortions which were enforced upon mf by the
rZ7t Z ’ T n t0 Ug “ da regulations, I shall never
I met w EnSliSh 0UtP08t ’ fr ° m the 6im P le fact that
I met aptam Wm. K. Dngmore of the Uganda Eifles, and remained
with him as his guest for nearly seven weeks.
in contact It Ade ““a J, 001 ! U I >on some oth er officials with whom I came
vood Wend , l m the same respect as I do my
O ood friend and hospitable host at Fort Berkeley. Learning from