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same high action and elongated step, the ground leg only being 

 bent, to give their strides the greater force. 



"After the men had all started, the captains of companies 

 followed, even more fantastically dressed; and last of all came the 

 great Colonel Congow, a perfect Robinson Crusoe, with his long- 

 white-haired goat-skins, a fiddle-shaped leather shield, tufted with 

 hair at all six extremities, bands of long hair tied below the knees, 

 and a magnificent helmet covered with rich beads of every color in 

 excellent taste, surmounted with a plume of crimson feathers, in the 

 centre of which rose a bent stem tufted with goat's hair. Next, 

 they charged in companies to and fro, and finally the senior officers 

 came charging at their king, making violent professions of faith 

 and honesty, for which they were applauded. The parade then 

 broke up, and all went home." 



DISTRIBUTING REWARDS. 



At these reviews, the king distributes rewards and metes out 

 his punishments. The scene is ec|ually stirring and terrible. As 

 the various officers come before the king, they prostrate themselves 

 on the ground, and after going through their elaborate salutation, 

 they deliver their reports as to the conduct of the men under their 

 commando 



To some are given various presents, with which they go off 

 rejoicing, after floundering about on the ground in the extremity 

 of their gratitude ; while others are seized by the ever-oflicious pages, 

 bound, and dragged oft" to execution, the unfortunate men struggling 

 with their captors, fighting, and denying the accusation, until they 

 are out of hearing. As soon as the king thinks that he has had 

 enough of the business, he rises abruptly, picks up his spears, and 

 goes off, leading his dog with him. 



The native account of the origin of the Waganda kingdom is 

 very curious. According to them, the country which is now called 

 Uganda was previously united with Unyoro, a more northerly king- 

 dom. Eight generations back there came from Unyoro a hunter 

 named Uganda, bringing with him a spear, a shield, a woman, and 

 a pack of dogs. He began to hunt on the shores of the lake, and was 



