From Entebl)L' to Fort Portal. 



The Ijanaua, or plantain, is the staple of diet. There are 

 several varieties. Besides the sweet banana, which is eaten ripe 

 and raw, there is a jalantaln which is gathered unripe and eaten 

 cooked. From the flesh of another variety a sort of bread is 

 made. The juice is pressed out and forms a refreshing, cool 



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di'ink called Mbisi. This becomes alcoholic and intoxicatino- if 

 allowed to ferment, and is then called Mweuge. Finally the 

 leaves and stalks are used for various purposes. The origin 

 of the cultivated banana is uncertain. Botanically it is quite 

 difierent from tlie wild native banana, and it is doubtful 

 whether it could have been derived from it. 



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