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antelopes are destructive to it. The plant once in the 

 ground seems to be allowed to propagate itself without 

 replanting from season to season. 



Locusts are eaten after the wings have been removed 

 and the bodies roasted. Termites (white ants) are 

 regarded in Uganda as in other parts of Africa as 

 delicacies. 



In Uganda the people are divided into clans, and 

 each clan is named after an animal, insect, fish, or 



The Scaly Ant-eater, or Manis (Mani* lrirttf>f>it). 



plant. Thus, a clan is named after a sheep, grass- 

 hopper, crocodile, hippopotamus, serval cat, bean, 

 mushroom, dog, &c. There is some reason for the 

 choice of a particular animal or plant as the badge, 

 totem, or sign of a clan, but its precise significance is 

 ill-understood. No member of a clan may eat the 



