Ten years in Equatoria; . of ox hide or figbark, glass ornaments and armlets, mostly consisting of ox or goathorn, with the famous conjuring powder. This was the army ofthe Waganda; this multitude was divided into corps, each com-manded by a chief, easily recognisable by his better attire andfiner ornaments, besides the nuggare carried behind him. Faithful * The Waearda call their coinmander-iu-chief Kaiigao. 284 TEN YEARS IN EQUATORIA. to the idea of scattering themselves, in order to find food withgreater facility, they covered immense tracts of land in their raids;but their depredatory inst
Ten years in Equatoria; . of ox hide or figbark, glass ornaments and armlets, mostly consisting of ox or goathorn, with the famous conjuring powder. This was the army ofthe Waganda; this multitude was divided into corps, each com-manded by a chief, easily recognisable by his better attire andfiner ornaments, besides the nuggare carried behind him. Faithful * The Waearda call their coinmander-iu-chief Kaiigao. 284 TEN YEARS IN EQUATORIA. to the idea of scattering themselves, in order to find food withgreater facility, they covered immense tracts of land in their raids;but their depredatory instinct caused them to diverge too far, sothat at the time of a fight most of them are distant from the spotwhere it occurs. For their object is more to plunder and spreadmisery than to struggle against the foe and acquire a reputationfor valour, so that they search the dwellings and the matamure^seizing as booty everything they can carry away, and burning whatremains, together with the huts. Goods such as tobacco or stuffs. MV NEGOTIATIONS WITH THK CHIEFS OF UGANDA. they consign to the flames, and they scatter corn or pulse amongstthe high grass. They throw themselves upon the cultivated fieldsand, having gathered, suflicient food for the day, they pull down,upset, and destroy everything else ; therefore, starvation soon over-takes them, and compels them to shorten the duration of an inva-sion, thus reducing to nought whatever plan or bold enterprise theyhave formed. They are fierce in battle, but only as long as reserves are in therear ready to strengthen the weak and threatened positions; for,should they be unsupported or hard pressed, they quickly take toflight. The death of a chief also has a discouraging effect uponthem. On the march, in camp, starting, and in the heat of a fight CHUA NEEDS AN ALLY. 285 the deafeninsf noise of the innumerable nugaarc inspires them withcourage. With such an army, it is obvious that the ambitiousdreams of the lord of Uganda, and his desire to
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