. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . te a remarkable size,and its nearly dry flesh often leaves a disagreeablemuddy taste in the mouth. The smaller sorts are verynice, however, and one of these is not inferior to ourown trout in tenderness and delicacy. I need not saythat the natives eat up all kinds with equal relish, largeand small, and do not even reject them when they aredistinctly high, and grievously offend the sense ofsmell. The fish are boiled or broiled. In the former case they are simply treated in the ordinary
. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . te a remarkable size,and its nearly dry flesh often leaves a disagreeablemuddy taste in the mouth. The smaller sorts are verynice, however, and one of these is not inferior to ourown trout in tenderness and delicacy. I need not saythat the natives eat up all kinds with equal relish, largeand small, and do not even reject them when they aredistinctly high, and grievously offend the sense ofsmell. The fish are boiled or broiled. In the former case they are simply treated in the ordinary In the latter they are first gutted, leaving the backbone uninjured ; then they are spreadout flat, and kept so by bits of wood. In this condition UGANDA 21 they are placed near the fire till they are done grills are employed, similar to those used forbroiling meat. Smaller kinds of fish are brought tomarket ready broiled, strung side by side on long thinsticks. They can be kept in this condition for a con-siderable time. For catching the fish the Waganda use weir-baskets. pIG. 9.—Weir-Basket, in Three Parts. (Uganda and Kisiba, III, E., 5427O and night-lines, but I saw no nets. The tackle consistsof a single thread with a curved iron hook O XT U similar to ours. There are also the same ^cidffishing-rods of cane and string as in weir-baskets are composed of very thin stems ofa climbing-plant, plaited insymmetrical wicker-work likeour cane-bottomed chairs (Fig. 9). Through passageswhich get narrower and narrower (b and c, Fig. 10), thefish reach a larger space (a), and are taken out at the VICTORIA NYANZA Boat-building.
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