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the Aruwimi district. The shyness which the people of Waronda 

 and Wasongora first exhibited made this awkward to arrange. 

 However, on our putting the matter before Sultan Kasigano at 

 Ruisamba, where we arrived the following day, he was persuaded 

 to send us a few animals. 



Ethnographical material was scanty and of little interest. 

 This district forms, as it were, the boundary of the eastern and 

 western types and languages. We therefore met again many 

 people with whom our stay at Lake Kiwu and Uganda had made 

 us familiar both with their forms and language ; but we came 

 across a few special peculiarities. 



The Wasongora just mentioned should really be called 

 Bakondjo, for according to Czekanowski's researches Wasangora 

 is a common designation for people with pointed teeth. Kusan- 

 gora meno simply means " pointing the teeth " ; and Usongora 

 would be the land where the inhabitants chip their teeth to points 

 by means of an iron chisel, a habit frequently met with among the 

 Bakondjo. Now, as the pointing of the teeth is a typical feature 

 of all tribes who indulge in cannibalism, we may not be far wrong 

 in assuming that the Bakondjo were formerly addicted to this 

 ghastly practice, even if they have now abandoned it. This is all 

 the more probable, as cannibalism is still in full swing in some 

 parts, as, for instance, in the entire region of the primeval forest. 



The pest of gnats and flies at Kissenji and on the steep banks 

 of Lake Albert Edward was simply dreadful. Myriads of tiny, 

 little insects buzzed in the air the instant the dawn broke. They 

 appeared in such hosts and covered the tables, the tents and their 

 inner sides in such dense masses, that my pencil was continually 

 rubbing the creatures into the pages of my diary and making the 

 writing quite illegible. At supper time we were always com- 

 pelled to set up the lamp on cases ten paces away in order to 

 protect the soup from the crowd of descending insects. The tents 

 had to be pitched close to the edge of the water, almost touching 

 the reed masses, on account of the swampy ground ; and such an 

 unpleasant smell made itself apparent that our stay became 

 utterly intolerable. 



