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by a reed screen, you will enter a large, clean empty courtyard opening 

 into three or four other courtyards, in the last of which you may be 

 greeted by a band of native music— flutes, horns, drums, etc. After 

 passing through all these empty courts one arrives at the reception house. 

 This is a Iniilding with an immense thick thatched roof descending in 



93. A PRESENT OF FOOD, UGANDA 



a bold slope and lifted up over the eaves of the doorway. Ascending a 

 mud step or two, jierhaps, we enter the dwelling, the roof of which is 

 supported by a great many palm poles, and is therefore fairly lofty after 

 the low doorway is passed. The floor is strewn with fine sweet- grass. 

 On this are placed closely woven mats or beautifully dressed skins, and 

 there are numerous stools and chairs. No person of any consequence in 

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