VII 



DRUMS 



When Speke visited King Rumanika at Karague, he 

 found thirty-five drums ranged on the ground, with 

 as many drummers ranged behind them. The thirty- 

 five drums all struck up together in very good harmony ; 

 and when their deafening noise was over, a smaller band 

 of hand-drums and reed instruments was ordered in to 

 amuse him. 



\Vmen Drummers at Sana's Tomb. 

 (After Hattersley. The Baganda at Home.) 



In Uganda the State organisation is of a high order ; 

 every principal chief has his own standard and drum call. 

 When the King's war-drum sounds the call to arms 

 in Mengo, each district passes the signal on. Thus the 

 country is quickly aroused. Special beats of the drum 

 are used for alarms, as when a wild animal, such as 

 a lion, is discovered in a village. 



