Luganda Porters 



lips and blow their cheeks out, then they take their 

 hand away with a sweep of their arm, blowing all 

 the air rapidly out of their mouth. It is nothing 

 more or less than a somewhat violent kiss of the 

 hand, such as lady tight-rope walkers are in the 

 habit of treating their audiences to after some par- 

 ticularly difficult balancing feat. I always used to 

 explode with laughter, which rather non-plussed 

 them. 



After luncheon I mended my tyre, but not till 

 after nearly five attempts. My clumsy orderly 

 managed to lose the most important nut of the 

 valve, which I had to replace by string, a somewhat 

 weak substitute. 



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