Africa . of KingMtesas subjects were beheaded, and from eight to ten oneach successive visit. Simi-lar atrocious practices pre-vail in the adjoining stateof Unyoro. King Mtesas capital ofUlagalla, close to the Mur-chison gulf of the Nyanza,centres in the royal quarters,a large collection of build-ings crowning an eminence,round which five severalpalisades and circular courtsare built, and separated bya broad road from the town,through which six or sevenimposing avenues lined withgardens and huts radiateoutward. The population of Ugan-da proper, not including theadjacent tributary tribes, isest
Africa . of KingMtesas subjects were beheaded, and from eight to ten oneach successive visit. Simi-lar atrocious practices pre-vail in the adjoining stateof Unyoro. King Mtesas capital ofUlagalla, close to the Mur-chison gulf of the Nyanza,centres in the royal quarters,a large collection of build-ings crowning an eminence,round which five severalpalisades and circular courtsare built, and separated bya broad road from the town,through which six or sevenimposing avenues lined withgardens and huts radiateoutward. The population of Ugan-da proper, not including theadjacent tributary tribes, isestimated by Long at about500,000; Mr. Stanley esti-mates the number of Mtesassubjects at 2,000,000. Thepeople are mild and child-like, superstitious and timid,and not at all martial. Theindustries of the countryconsist in skilful tanning ofskins, the cultivation of the soil by the women, the weav-ing of bark cloth, and working in iron. The chase of theelephant occupies many of the men, the ivory being sent. UGANDA BOY. 326 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL. out of Uganda both by way of the Nile and to the Zanzibarcoast; but if work is to be avoided the Waganda do very-little, or nothing at all; their pipe and merissa beer formtheir earthly elysium. 9. Stanley s Discoveries between the Victoria and AlbertNyanza. Due west from Mtesas capital a water-parting 5500feet high rises in the great Mount Kabuga, between the Vic-toria and the Albert Lakes. Eastwards from this ridge theriver Katonga flows into the Victoria, and westwards of itthe Eusango into the Albert Nyanza. This lake is bor-dered on its eastern shore by table-lands 1000 feet deep inlet (the Beatrice Gulf) is formed between a spurof the Usongora range, in which Mount Gambaragara isestimated by Mr. Stanley to reach 13,000 feet, projectingin a south-westerly direction into the lake, and the south-eastern coast, where are the lands of Irangara, Unyampaka,Buhuja, and Upororo. Here the coast-line runs nearlyin a south-w
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