. The Baganda . i: !=*• v*. Fir,. 64. — RAGAMiA CAMiK. by the yearly tribute which they paid. As canoes were theprincipal means used for carrying on commerce with thenations to the south of the Nyanza, and also for connectingthe main road from the east coast with the capital of Uganda,the Basese were of great importance to the country ; and itwas through their means that the Baganda influence hadbecome so extended at the time when Arab traders firstdiscovered the lake. The number of canoes kept on theshores of the mainland, together with those on the islands,was very great, and a fleet of a hu
. The Baganda . i: !=*• v*. Fir,. 64. — RAGAMiA CAMiK. by the yearly tribute which they paid. As canoes were theprincipal means used for carrying on commerce with thenations to the south of the Nyanza, and also for connectingthe main road from the east coast with the capital of Uganda,the Basese were of great importance to the country ; and itwas through their means that the Baganda influence hadbecome so extended at the time when Arab traders firstdiscovered the lake. The number of canoes kept on theshores of the mainland, together with those on the islands,was very great, and a fleet of a hundred strong could easilybe collected in two or three days. Each chief on the islands XI INDUSTRIES 3^5 had to maintain a number of canoes ready for state-service,and he was liable to punishment if they were not kept inserviceable condition. Most of the men on the lake shore,as well as those on the islands, were skilled in the art ofcanoe-building, so that they were able on a journey torepair their canoes, if one of them
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