On Tuesday Renter published, "from an authoritative source," an interesting
account of the route to be followed by the Uganda railway. The first one hundred and forty miles will be made across a plain where neither cuttings nor embankments will be required. The next fifty miles com- prise the Teethe-fly Belt, but are not difficult. Then follows a section of forty miles of undulating prairie. Very soon after this the ground rises rapidly, and soon the great plateau, which is between 6,000 ft. and 7,000 ft. in elevation, is reached. This country is very healthy and abounds in game, but is practically uninhabited. It is bordered by a forest-country, and after that is past, one hundred and fifty miles of thickly populated undulating country has to be crossed to reach Lake Victoria Nyanza. Apparently, the only serious piece of engineering is an iron bridge for the Eldoma Ravine. The train will take eight days to do the entire journey. It will only run during the day-time, and strong permanent stations will be erected at the places where the train stops for the night.
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