From "In the Heart of Africa," by Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg (Cassell «& Co.) 
THE CARAVAN ON THE MARCH IN RUANDA 
eventually becomes nothing less than the 
executive instrument of the Resident 
(see pages 373 and 374). 
The people hold their "Mami," which 
is the official title of the Sultan, in the 
greatest awe and reverence. It is ex- 
tremely rare for any one to venture to 
thwart his will, for the Sultan is the 
owner of the land and all the stock, oxen, 
calves, goats, pigs, etc. The people cer- 
tainly enjoy the use of them, but the 
Sultan retains the power of demanding 
at his pleasure the return of his property 
from his subjects. 
The population is divided into three 
classes — the Watussi, the Wahutu, and 
a pygmy tribe, the Batwa, who dwell 
chiefly in the bamboo forests of Bugoie, 
the swamps of Lake Bolero, and on the 
island of Kwidschwi on Lake Kiwu. 
The primitive inhabitants are the Wa- 
hutu, an agricultural Bantu tribe, who, 
one might say, look after the digging and 
tilling and agricultural economy of the 
country in general. They are a medium- 
sized type of people, whose ungainly fig- 
ures betoken hard toil, and who patiently 
bow themselves in abject bondage to the 
later arrived yet ruling race, the Watussi. 
THE LONG-LIMBED WATUSSI 
- The immigration of the Watussi is, 
without doubt, connected with the great 
tribal movement which brought the Ma- 
sai race to East Africa. The same argu- 
ments which have led observers to believe 
that the Masai came from the north and 
from Egypt, or perhaps even from 
x\rabia, may also hold good in the case 
of the Watussi. As a matter of fact, 
many features common to both races 
may be discerned. 
The Watussi are a tall, well-made 
people, with an almost ideal physique. 
Heights of 1.80, 2.00, and even 2.20 
meters (from 5 feet 11^ inches to 7 feet 
2,y2 inches) are of quite common occur- 
rence, yet the perfect proportion of their 
bodies is in no wise detracted from. 
Whilst the shoulders are generally power- 
fully built, the waist is at times extra- 
ordinarily slender. ' The hands are ele- 
gant and delicate in form, the wrists of 
an almost feminine grace. 
They possess that same graceful indo- 
lence in their gait which is peculiar to 
Oriental peoples, and their bronze-brown 
skin reminds one of the inhabitants of 
the more hilly parts of northern Africa. 
370 
