88 A DESCRIPTION OF THE WANYORO. 



the first of such women were not Wanyoro. I have dwelt 

 the longer upon this subject, because prostitution, although it 

 prevails everywhere, is not officially sanctioned in any other 

 Negro country. 



Private property in land does not exist in Unyoro. The 

 occupier is a serf, and unless he be carried off in a raid, 

 remains attached to the soil, and changes masters with it. The 

 Wahuma are exceptions to this rule, and occupy a peculiar 

 position, already noticed by Speke. Their girls, however, are 

 frequently carried off. 



While in the north, and as far south as the Somerset Nile, 

 earthenware is manufactured by women, the men do this kind 

 of work in Unyoro and Uganda. The Wanyoro, however, do not 

 equal the Waganda in this branch of industry. The milking 

 of cows likewise falls entirely to the men, and a woman may 

 never touch a cow's udder. Housebuilding and procuring of 

 the requisite materials are also performed by men. ■ 



Salutations are strictly regulated in Unyoro. Men and 

 women wish each other good-morning (Rairote ; answer, 

 Daabdnte) and good-evening (Geroba ; answer, Gerobera), when 

 they visit one another in the morning or evening. Merembe 

 is the greeting exchanged on meeting in the street or on the 

 road, aud is followed by an oft-repeated m, spoken with the 

 mouth closed. When a man leaves a party he says Nkudba 

 (Thank you), and is answered by Rainmi. The word for 

 thanks is Vebbali, or the more elegant Nkuibasa (I thank 

 you). When a man meets another of higher rank, he kneels 

 down before him, or stands with his body bent, until the 

 other has passed by. There exist particular formulae of salu- 

 tation for the great chiefs. Thus for Kabrega, Ngunzono 

 Jcdli (I greet the highest) ; for Bionga, Ngiinzono diri ; and 

 for Anfina, Ngunzono bold. The inferior chiefs exact the 

 same honours from their subjects that they pay to their 

 superiors. 



Under the name of madudu, the custom prevails that if any 

 one is robbed, and suspects another of the theft, he takes 

 the supposed thief to the chief, before whom they both drink 

 of a magic potion made from red wood, or give it to two fowls 

 to drink. The guilty one, or the fowl that represents him, 



