Syphilis in the Uganda protectorate / by F.J. Lambkin.

  • Lambkin, F. J.
Date:
[1908]
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Credit: Syphilis in the Uganda protectorate / by F.J. Lambkin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    native parliament, elected on lines laid down by the British Govern- ment. Similar arrangements exist in the other provinces. Through- out, the King, or his chief, as the case may be, is encouraged to govern his people on humane principles, with only that amount of interference from the nearest European official as may protect the native from injustice. Climate.—With perhaps the exception of the Nile and Rudolph Provinces, the climate of the Uganda Protectorate is not unhealthy, and large portions of it being 4,000 feet above the sea level, the heat is not excessive, even under the Equator, and it is very rarely disagreeably hot at any time of the year. Average maximum temperature 83° F’., average minimum temperature 55° F. Parts of it, such as Toro and Ankole, have a climate resembling the month of June in England. I should say that the Protectorate has, as a whole, a healthy climate, although many parts of it are insalu- brious, owing to the presence of mosquitoes and malaria. Products.—It would be out of place to discuss, in any detail, the many products which this wonderfully fertile country is capable of bringing forth ; suffice it to say that it needs no expert to see at a glance that almost anything in the way of vegetation flourishes. About one-fifth of the total area of the Protectorate is covered with rubber-producing trees and vines, gutta-percha is now extensively cultivated, cotton—introduced only a few years ago—is growing in the most wonderful way, as also is sugar, coffee and cocoa, in fact, the casual observer cannot help recognising what a jewel England possesses in holding this land, and what a splendid future is in front of it if we can but save the native from extermination by disease. Inhabitants.—The Baganda is the predominating tribe. They are a race of mixed negro type, sturdy in physique, extraordinarily intelligent, willing, hard working, and on the whole honest. They are brave and fought well in their own wars, and for us; but what struck me more than anything was their intelligence ; personally, I never expected the negro to attain to the level that they have in this respect. Their eagerness to learn is also a marked feature. I cannot help here quoting the words of Sir Harry Johnston with reference to the Baganda: ‘‘In my opinion there is no race like ' On his return from Uganda in 1892, my old friend Sir F. Lugard spoke to me in the highest terms of these same Baganda people, but unless I had experienced it I could never have believed the negro capable of attaining such a high level of intelligence.
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