Uganda is a Protectorate, not a colony, and has its own native parliament, which makes all laws, subject to the approval of the Commissioner.
Let us pass on, now, to Mengo. We can go by cycle or on foot. There is an almost level cycle road of some twenty-two miles going round the hills, the eighteen-mile foot road, as is usual in Uganda, going over the top of them all, and making travelling very laborious.
Arrived at Mengo, the traveller is always much impressed by the great King's Road. From the earliest recorded time the Baganda have always had roads to the main centers of their kingdom, and this road was made entirely by the natives without any instruction from Europeans. The white line across the top is the fence of the King's ‘lubiri’ (enclosure).
It may be asked, Where are the houses of the natives, of whom more than 60,000 live
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