Men and creatures in Uganda / by Sir John Bland-Sutton.

  • Bland-Sutton, John, Sir, 1855-1936.
Date:
[1933]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Men and creatures in Uganda / by Sir John Bland-Sutton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    attractive, especially the weaver-birds; some of them build nests among the bougainvilleas in gardens border- ing the roadway. The comparative sanctity of birds is shown by the freedom with which they use the haunts of men. Swallows build in the verandah of the Court of Justice; weaver-birds flit through the branches of the trees in the Club garden, lizards run along the railings, and in the silence of the library it is amusing to watch geckoes dart across the ceiling catching flies. Every part of the island teems with life.