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CHAPTEE XIII.

DEATH OF LUGALAMA.

The next morning was to be an eventful one for us. Soon everything was ready, and our little party started for the lake. Our caravan consisted of the crew of the boat, and three or four boys besides Lugalama and Kakumba, while Mackay and I brought up the rear. One of our friends called Paulo and one or two other of the native Christians accompanied us on the way. A rumour reached us that the Mahometan chief Mujasi (the miserable Sawaddu who proved such a coward and miscreant in his dealings with H. M. Stanley, and who is mentioned in that traveller's account of his visit to Uganda) was out with a large armed following. Paulo and his companions, fearing some danger, bade us a hasty farewell and departed, but we kept on our journey. As we walked along we saw every now and then men armed with shields and spears hurrying past us as if hastening to some rendezvous. We called one of the warriors and asked him where these soldiers w^ere going. He looked a little confused, but replied that some of the king's women had run away, and that they were going in pursuit of them. Mackay lingered a little in order to get some bearings with liis compass,

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