Rozaro then attempted to excuse himself, but without success, and said he had already detached his residence from my camp, and taken up a separate residence with Viarungi, his superior officer.
I called on the king in the afternoon, and found the pages had already issued plantains for my men and pombe for myself.

The king addressed me with great cordiality, and asked if I wished to go to Gani.

I answered him with all promptitude,--Yes, at once, with some of his officers competent to judge of the value of all I point out to them for future purposes in keeping the road permanently open.

His provoking capriciousness, however, again broke in, and he put me off till his messengers should return from Unyoro.

I told him his men had gone in vain, for Budja left without my letter or my men; and further, that the river route is the only one that will ever be of advantage to Uganda, and the sooner it was opened up the better.