CHAPTER VII. 



USOGA. 



ON the overland journey to 

 Uganda, the traveller on 

 leaving Kavirondo enters 

 Usoga, and he notices a 

 complete and remarkable change in 

 every respect. From the absolutely 

 nude savages in Kavirondo he passes 

 to a race where not even the youngest 

 walk about uncovered ; from a stingy 

 and inhospitable tribe he joins one 

 which greets him with a hearty wel- 

 come and extends to him a lavish 

 hospitality ; from treeless grass-lands 

 he finds himself in a well wooded 

 country and under the refreshing 

 shade of magnificent trees ; from 

 circular villages fortified with earth-wall and trench he is 

 among unprotected dwellings, of which a few of the better 

 class have a fragile reed-fence put up for privacy and orna- 

 ment. The two races differ also in language and in form of 

 government ; the Wasoga acknowledge the authority of the 

 king of Uganda, the Wakavirondo do not. 



Placed between Uganda and Kavirondo, Usoga, as might 

 be expected, admits the currency of both realms, though 

 naturally the cloth and shells of Uganda are more acceptable 

 than the beads of Kavirondo. The Wasoga prefer red beads, 

 in payment for small purchases. The women wear bark-cloth 

 wrapped round the waist and reaching to the knees ; the 

 upper half of their body remains uncovered. The men dress 

 like the Waganda, in bark-cloth or cotton garments. 



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USOGA 

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