. The Uganda protectorate; an attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley and between the first degree of south latitude and the fifth degree of north latitude. African languages; Natural history; Ethnology. rM BANTU NEGROES be considered wholesome for eating. It is said by the same authority that |, •• /^*\ the Banyoro have never been ac- customed to hunt either the lion or the leopard. Antelopes are occasion-
. The Uganda protectorate; an attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley and between the first degree of south latitude and the fifth degree of north latitude. African languages; Natural history; Ethnology. rM BANTU NEGROES be considered wholesome for eating. It is said by the same authority that |, •• /^*\ the Banyoro have never been ac- customed to hunt either the lion or the leopard. Antelopes are occasion- ally caught in nets, and also by means of that snare that is met with in so many parts of Africa (see Index). This consists of a stiff, flat circle of pointed segments of wood or reed, on which is placed a running noose of leather. Fish are caught in basketwork traps. The domestic animals are cattle, sheep, and goats. Dogs have be- come scarce since the recent wars, numbers of them having been carried off to Bukedi and Uganda. Fowls are not numerous, and are usually kept as pets, being very seldom eaten by the people. The cattle, sheep, and goats are those of Uganda —that is to say, the goats and sheep are of the ordinary Central African type, and the cattle belong to the humped, short-horned breed, here and there, however, showing traces of having mingled in times past with the long-horned Gala ox origin- ally brought in by the Bahima. The staple food at the present day is the sweet potato and the eleusine grain. The sesamum oil-seed and red sorghum corn are also grown, besides a little maize. The people make a great deal of beer from eleusine grain, and its consumption not infrequently leads to drinking bouts and quarrels. The m^arriage customs, so far as any now exist, are similar to those in force in Uganda, where the people have not changed owing to the acceptance of Christianity. As regards special customs connected with the birth of children, the present writer is
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