. African game trails;. Hunting. UGANDA, AND THE NYANZA LAKES 427. the seat of the Enghsh Governor of Uganda. Throughout our passage the wind hardly ruffled the smooth surface of the lake. As we steamed away from the eastern shore the mountains be- hind us and on our right hand rose harsh and bar- ren, yet with a kind of forbidding beauty. Dark clouds hung over the land we had left, and a rain- bow stretched across their front. --At nightfall, as the red sunset faded, the lone- Kavirondos going down to fiU their water-jars 1 , _r .1 „ J. ?„ From a photograph by Kermit Roosevelt ly waters oi th
. African game trails;. Hunting. UGANDA, AND THE NYANZA LAKES 427. the seat of the Enghsh Governor of Uganda. Throughout our passage the wind hardly ruffled the smooth surface of the lake. As we steamed away from the eastern shore the mountains be- hind us and on our right hand rose harsh and bar- ren, yet with a kind of forbidding beauty. Dark clouds hung over the land we had left, and a rain- bow stretched across their front. --At nightfall, as the red sunset faded, the lone- Kavirondos going down to fiU their water-jars 1 , _r .1 „ J. ?„ From a photograph by Kermit Roosevelt ly waters oi the vast m- land sea stretched, ocean-like, west and south into a shore- less gloom. Then the darkness deepened, the tropic stars blazed overhead, and the light of the half moon drowned in silver the embers of the sunset. Next morning we steamed along and across the equator; the last time we were to cross it, for thenceforth our course lay north- ward. We passed by many islands, green with meadow and forest, beau- tiful in the bright sun- shine, but empty with „ . , ^ „ , the emptiness Kavirondo bullock wagons ^ From a photograph by Kermit Roosevelt ^^ ylCd.\.\\. zv. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. New York, London, Syndicate publishing company
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