down the East African Coast as far as Mombasa.
The sea-passage usually occupies twenty- one days. It is possible to go by a P. & O. steamer as far as Aden, and there change into a British India Steam Navigation Co.'s boat ; but most people prefer the French or German liners, which entail no change at Aden. Foreign boats are subsidised by their respective Governments, and give much better terms than the English boats. Although the distance, as the crow flies, is not more than 5,000 miles, the circuitous route makes us travel over 8,000 miles before reaching Uganda. From Mombasa to Mengo by land, as measured by cyclometer, is 711 miles; but the present-day route is 584 miles by rail to the Lake Victoria, and 175 miles across the lake from Ugowe Bay, or Kisumu, to Entebe, and from Entebe to Mengo 18 miles by road. The journey has been so often described
