The Times of Tuesday contains a very interesting account of
the progress made on the Uganda Railway. The rails have reached the two hundred and thirty-fifth mile-post, which means that you can now travel by train from the port to the temperate highland country 4,000 ft. above the sea ; and also that some of the most difficult, because most un- healthy, part of the ground has been covered. The obstacles have been immense, including want of water, tsetse-fly, lions, and jiggers. The jiggers were imported from South America riA, West Africa, and it is now feared that they will be carried into India by the coolies, who cannot be induced to treat this horrible pest properly. The jigger is an insect which gets under the skin of the foot and there lays its eggs. The line is now passing through a country full of big game. "The quantity of game in parts of the country to be traversed by the line appears to be enormous. Besides lions, it is stated that elephants, giraffes, and vast herds of zebras, large and small antelopes, and other wild animals abound." It is to be
hoped that care will be taken to protect the non-harmful animals in this "sportsman's paradise."
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