. Every boy's book of railways and steamships . s and still more Africannatives. So bold were the marauders that theysnatched men from around the camp fires anddragged others out of their beds in the tents. The coolies, filled with inherent superstitionconcerning the transmigration of souls, believedthat the lions were the spirits of dead and goneAfrican chiefs, who thus showed their dislike tothe white mans iron-road. They struck work, andone could scarcely wonder at it. Navvying underthe Equatorial sun was sufficiently hard in itself,without the mind being constantly on the rack,wondering wh
. Every boy's book of railways and steamships . s and still more Africannatives. So bold were the marauders that theysnatched men from around the camp fires anddragged others out of their beds in the tents. The coolies, filled with inherent superstitionconcerning the transmigration of souls, believedthat the lions were the spirits of dead and goneAfrican chiefs, who thus showed their dislike tothe white mans iron-road. They struck work, andone could scarcely wonder at it. Navvying underthe Equatorial sun was sufficiently hard in itself,without the mind being constantly on the rack,wondering whose turn it was to supply a man-eaterwith its next meal. Fortunately, Colonel Patterson, an experiencedhunter, came to the rescue, and after a great dealof trouble he accounted for the couple of cunningbeasts, who had interfered with the work ofEmpire-building. Though the coolies had provedabsolutely helpless in the crisis, they keenly appre-ciated the colonels prowess ; and they presentedhim with a fine silver bowl in token of PLATE XXVI. RIGI RAILWAY. LINES HERE AND THERE 171 The Uganda railway has long been an accom-plished fact. From the coast the bright rails gostreaking into a region, at one time quite as be-nighted as where David Livingstone laid down hislife in his unwearied effort to evangelize thenative races, to explore the undiscovered secrets,to abolish the desolating slave-trade of CentralAfrica. In the whole of the world there is scarcely tobe found a more promising field for mission workthan in Uganda. The climate of the country,thanks to its elevation, is healthy, although warmenough to produce coffee, sugar, maize, rice,bananas, etc. The Baganda are under the BritishFlag, and very many of them are already enlistedin the service of the Great Captain of all. Conquering the Alps European railways, as a whole, very muchresemble our own ; and when once we have crossedthe Channel to Flushing, Ostend, Calais, orBoulos^ne, we can find excellent servic
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