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with footpaths of the most primitive nature as means of communication. 

 Here and there swamps are bridged after the fashion of Uganda. Since, 

 however, the exile of Kabarega and the establishment of a civil adminis- 



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tration throughout Unyoro, the people have taken readily to the task of 

 making good roads, both as main lines of communication and from 

 village to village, together with fairly strong bridges across streams and 

 swamps. 



Their weapons and means of defence are light spears, plain and flat 

 wooden shields, throwing spears or assegais, and bows and arrows, besides, 

 of course, the guns which are now very common. As regards the im- 

 plements of peace, they manufacture iron hoes and choppers and a small 

 knife, but none of these tools bears the neat finish characteristic of 

 Uganda manufactures. 



The navigation of streams and sheets of water is carried on mainly by 

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