. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . Fig. 35.—Headgear of a Magician,Uganda. (TIL E., 5294.) UGANDA Soap. For washing, the people use either the sap of thebanana or a soap manufactured from wood-ashes andmutton-fat. This is made up into balls, wrapped upin banana-leaves, and so brought to women in Uganda are generally clothedin mbugu. In Ussoga large white cloaks with arms arealso made of bark. As protection for the feet, the Wagandaput on strong durable sandals. These areof hard stiff ox-hide, and arebent up at the e
. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . Fig. 35.—Headgear of a Magician,Uganda. (TIL E., 5294.) UGANDA Soap. For washing, the people use either the sap of thebanana or a soap manufactured from wood-ashes andmutton-fat. This is made up into balls, wrapped upin banana-leaves, and so brought to women in Uganda are generally clothedin mbugu. In Ussoga large white cloaks with arms arealso made of bark. As protection for the feet, the Wagandaput on strong durable sandals. These areof hard stiff ox-hide, and arebent up at the edges so thatthe foot rests in a flat hollow. Inside andout the Mganda scratches pretty orna-mentation, to which he gives a tone ofblack, white, or some other colour. The Sandals. Fig. 36. — Decora-tive W 111 d e \Chest. (One-thirdnatural size, III. E., 5327-). Fig. 37.—Wooden Mallet for hammering Bark(One-fourth natural sise, III. E., 3290.) sandals are kept on the feet by strips of soft otter-skin,which are drawn through holes in the edge. When the Mganda goes to fight he takes with himno weapons but spear and shield. He is un-acquainted with bows and arrows, swords, and sp,?°s:the like. The spears, which are all adapted forthrusting, have different shapes. The three most in use are : 1. Wooden lances, as much as 10 feet long, but withshort shoes (Fig. 39, p. 35). 2. Spears, also 10 feet long, with short iron shoes,lancet-shaped points, and a mid-rib (Fig. 40). 34 VICTORIA NYANZA 3. Besides these, I saw and obtained from Wagandasome powerful spears, having longer shoes, and long,narrow blades with two blood-courses. These resembleMassai spears in shape and weight, and are in theI h .ssession of the Wahuma. They count thus as Wahumaspears, and do not properly belong to the Waganda assuch. In all these three the shoe is fixed on the woode
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