UGANDA BY PEN AND CAMERA.
Uganda by Pen and Canters. By C. W. Hattersley. (R.T.S. 2s.)—One can get to Uganda nowadays in twenty-eight days, and in a moderately comfortable way. And as the route to the country is much easier, so the place itself is much improved. The story of what it was under Kings Mega and Mwanga 13 a striking contrast with the state of things under the "very nice little boy," King Dandi, in whose name the three Regents administer the government. Of course, perfection is not to be found in Uganda_ or anywhere else. The curious thing is that people demand in a country which was heathen a quarter of a century ago a consistent Christianity which Europe has not been able to attain in eighteen centuries. Mr. Hattersley 'a book is full of interesting details, from which one may get a clear idea of the country and the people. One thing that he mentions is specially noticeable as a specimen of a world-wide difficulty,—the want of adequate terms for the statement of Christian ideas. " Repentance " had to be put into Baganda (the language is so named), and the missionary used the word " enenya." But this really meant "regret," and wasquite without moral significance. A robber who had killed and plundered one wayfarer when he might have dealt so with two could use the term with perfect propriety. In case any of our
readers should visit Uganda and meet a lion, as they well might, it would be useful to know that the best plan is to hit him with a stick. He will run away with his tail between his legs.
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