692 BANTU NEGROES 



No. Luganda designation. English equivalent. 



13. Mpeu An oribi antelope. 



14. Ntalaganya .... Cephalophus antelope. 



15. Ngabi Bushbuck (Tragelapkus). 



16. Mbogo Buffalo. 



17. Nyonyi Widow-bird ( Vidua, Penihetria, Chera, etc.). 



18. Mbwa Dog. 



19. Kasimba .... Serval cat. 



20. Lukindo .... Wild date palm. 



21. Kibe Jackal. 



22. Enkedye .... Small fish like whitebait fry. 



23. Endiga Sheep. 



24. l^ali Crowned crane {Buddu only). 



25. Kombe* .... Ox {Buddu only). 



26. Lugavwe .... Manis (the scaly ant-eater). 



27. Engeye Colobus monkey. 



28. Katumvuma .... A small flowering bush or shrub. 



29. Mpindi Haricot beans. 



The word for "clan" in the singular is " kika," and in the plural 

 " bika." The name for "totem" is " muziro." "Muziro" means some- 

 thing tabooed, " something I avoid for medical or other reasons." 

 " Muziro " is a fair translation of the American Indian word now adopted 

 into English — "totem." The most numerous, and at present the most 

 fashionable, clan is that of the " Mamba," or lung-fish (Protopterus). 

 There is no prohibition against a man marrying a woman of the same 

 clan as himself; on the contrary, it would seem as though they married 

 a good deal within the clan, provided always that cousins may not 

 intermarry. Every family has its " kialo," or place of origin, clearly written 

 in the general memory of the nation, and villages are a good deal 

 associated with different clans, the residents in a village being generally 

 people of the same totem. The people of each clan hold their own 

 especial totem sacred in so far as they will not willingly destroy or eat 

 it. Thus, much as the "Mamba" or lung-fish is appreciated as an article 

 of diet, it will never be killed or eaten by a member of the Mamba clan. 

 The people of the " Njovu," or elephant clan, will refuse to injure this 

 animal, and those who belong to the leopard or lion tribe will endeavour 

 to avoid killing leopards or lions. 



In Uganda, as (I am beginning to believe) in many parts of Bantu 

 Africa, there is a secret society of ghouls who join together at midnight 

 for the purpose of disinterring and eating corpses. People cursed with 

 this morbid taste are called in Uganda " Basezi." The Basezi are chiefly 

 met with (it is said) on the coast of Buddu and in the Sese Islands. 



* It is remarkable to find this old Bantu word for "ox" surviving in the totem 

 name. In ordinary parlance in Luganda and Urunyoro it has long since been dropped 

 in favour of "Ente." 



