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ing, wrapped round the body and fastened across one shoulder. 

 Some of the men, however, have adopted the Waganda bark- 

 cloth, and a few, principally sub-chiefs, are dressed in coloured 

 cotton cloth. None of them wear ornaments of any sort. 



AT THE ENTRANCE OF FORT MASINDI. 



A curious fact has been pointed out, that now and then a 

 native declares he is bewitched, and that, sure enough, he dies 

 soon after. One gentleman told me, that a Soudanese soldier in 

 perfect health came to him one day and demanded that another 

 Soudanese should be put to death for having bewitched him. 

 Of course the absurdity of the request was pointed out to the 

 applicant, but it did not convince him ; and a couple of days 

 later he was found dead in his hut, without any clue as to the 

 cause of his death. In all my African experiences I have come 

 across only one similar case ; but I have not the slightest hesita- 

 tion in saying that the man was poisoned. Chief Amara was the 

 most influential and powerful chief in Unyoro, and as he had 

 joined the English cause from the outset, he was bitterly hated 

 by ex-king Kabarega. 



One day last year, Amara informed Major Thruston that 

 some one had bewitched him, and that he was about to die. 

 The Major sent Amara on to me ; I found nothing whatever 

 to warrant Amara's gloomy forebodings. He said, that occa- 

 sionally after taking food he had felt inclined to vomit, and 



