. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . ent which resembles the guitar of the this, however, the ends of the strings are notfastened to an upward bent piece of wood, but is attached to the sounding bottom piece,similarly covered with lizard-skin, a frame formed ofsticks, to which the strings radiate from the bottom-piece. The guitarsin Uganda andSsesse are con-structed of bright-coloured naturalwood. There arepanpipes in Us-soga, with twelvepipes made of bam-boo-cane. Money has notyet made its wayinto these
. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . ent which resembles the guitar of the this, however, the ends of the strings are notfastened to an upward bent piece of wood, but is attached to the sounding bottom piece,similarly covered with lizard-skin, a frame formed ofsticks, to which the strings radiate from the bottom-piece. The guitarsin Uganda andSsesse are con-structed of bright-coloured naturalwood. There arepanpipes in Us-soga, with twelvepipes made of bam-boo-cane. Money has notyet made its wayinto theseparts, and its place is suppliedby all kinds ofbarter.* InUganda and Kisibathe cowrie - shellserves to some de-gree as a substitute for coin. In my time one J undo(about 1,000 shells), strung on a strip of bast, was worthtwo rupees one pesa—that is, about two shillings andsixpence. For five cowries one got a big cluster ofbananas. Two eggs also cost five simbi (equal in valueto cowries), a fowl about twenty-live. More valuablewares were paid for with beads, or with stuffs importedfrom the Money. Fig. 47.— Guitar. (III. E., 2309.; * Since the autumn of 1896, an attempt has been made to bring coinedmoney into use in Muanza. 4o VICTORIA NY ANA A As the Waganda at present make considerable use ofmuzzle-loading weapons, they are glad to take powder and percussion-caps, or even flints, by way of payment. They generally purchase these articles from theArabs, and, as firearms and powder are somewhat dear,the wares offered by the natives in exchange must, ofcourse, be equivalent in value. In earlier times therewas a flourishing trade in ivory ; this was either obtainedfrom Uganda and Unyoro themselves, or the Wagandaplayed the part of middlemen when it came from theneighbouring provinces. At present the ivory trade isfalling more and more into decay, and while a few yearsago the majority of the tusks used to pass over Taborathrough German territory to the coast, mos
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