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364. CHIEF'S HOU.SE, UGANDA 



prevents any one gazing direct from the doorway on the inmates. Curiously 

 enough, in many of the houses, even of the better class, there is a partition 

 on the left of the interior from the principal entrance which serves as an 

 enclosure for cattle, one or more milch cows being kept there with their 

 calves. Some of these cows are extremely tame, and walk in and out of 

 the houses with great care and deftness, never upsetting or injuring the 

 frail screens through which they have to pass. It may be supposed that 

 these tame cows introduce a certain amount of dirt and smell into the 

 house ; but as regards cleanly habits they seem to be as well trained as 

 a domestic dog or cat. 



At the back of the principal dwelling-house there are smaller and 



