Sir Harry Johnston delivered a most interesting lecture before the
Geographical Society on Monday on " The Uganda Protectorate, Ruwenzori, and the Semliki Forest." After dis- cussing the various provinces of Uganda in detail, Sir Harry Johnston gave a glowing picture of the beautiful Nandi Plateau, a practically uninhabited traot Without a single ugly or unfriendly spot, "the scenery of which reminded the homesick official and traveller over and over again of England, Scotland, or Wales." Describing his visit to the famous Elgon caves discovered by Joseph Thomson, Sir Harry Johnston paid a generous tribute to the memory of that humane explorer, whose admirable treatment of the natives had always ensured a kindly welcome to those who followed in his footsteps. Extremes meet; and inst as the wonderland of Uganda creates homesickness in the African official, so Sir Harry Johnston's fascinating descriptions engender travel-fever in the home-keeping Briton.
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