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mouthpiece. There are four circular holes placed in a row 

 along the lower half of the pipe. The tune is an endless repe- 

 tition of the same few notes. The drum is carved out of a 

 hollow cylinder of wood ; both ends are covered with leather 

 fastened together with twisted strips of hide. It is carried slung 

 from the neck by means of a leather strap. It is most commonly 

 beaten with the fingers, but if the drum is very large, drum- 

 sticks are used. 



There is another musical instrument, the Uganda harp ; but 

 I have only once seen it played in public. It was at the Christ- 

 mas festivities last year at Masindi in Unyoro, when one of our 

 Waganda allies produced it and played on it. It was a very 

 poor performance, the fault of the player I should say, and not 

 of the instrument. A good many of these harps are sold to 

 the ever eager curio-collector. The wooden bowl is somewhat 

 similar to the Kavirondo harp, but the sound-aperture is nearer 

 the middle. There is only one wooden stick fastened to the 

 bowl, instead of two as in the Kavirondo harp. This stick 

 curves upward, and carries eight pegs, to which the eight strings 

 are fastened. By screwing up the peg, the cord can be tightened 

 as required. 



In the punitive expedition against the Wakitosh, the Kakun- 

 guru was the general of the Waganda army which numbered 

 over 6000. His wife, the princess, accompanied him to the war, 

 and marched along on foot through fair weather and foul ; she 

 was accompanied by a large following of female servants. 



There used to be at Kampala a " jinrikshaw," sent up on 

 spec, by some English firm at the Coast. No one wanted to 

 buy it, so it lay for a long time in the Government store. One 

 day the Kakunguru and the Katikiro came to enquire about it. I 

 happened to be in charge of the Fort, and I referred the matter 

 to the Acting Commissioner who sent back word respecting the 

 minimum price that the firm had fixed for the sale of the vehicle. 

 Day after day these two chiefs came and examined the jinrik- 

 shaw, pulling it about the courtyard of the Fort. One day the 

 Kakunguru decided finally to buy it and accepted the price 

 mentioned by the Acting Commissioner. He and the Katikiro, 

 both of them heavy men, thereupon got into the jinrikshaw, 

 some scores of men pulled in front and pushed behind, and on 

 throwing the gates of the Fort open for them to pass, they 

 dashed away down Kampala hill full tilt. I said to myself, I 



