BACK AT DUFILE. in 



full speed, and afterwards returned with a dwarf antelope on 

 his shoulder, a fresh bleeding wound in its belly showing that 

 it had just been killed. How he had noticed it in the grass 

 is a puzzle to me. The animal's companion stood at a little 

 distance from the road, but soon made its escape. This species 

 is trustful and easily tamed, but does not thrive in confinement. 

 As we continued to descend from the khor, we frequently came 

 across steep natural walls edging the plateaus, and having in 

 front of them deep hollows. Colonies of termites build their 

 crenelated hills here, being fond of red earth ; delicate white 

 or light-blue petunias * grow on the ant-hills. A deep gorge 

 flanked the last descent, down which, by a slight turn, we came 

 to two Madi villages named Elema, and then to Khor Dedde, 

 which contains a great deal of water, and empties itself into 

 the Khor Unyama farther to the north. Some minutes later 

 we rested under the tamarind of Jeifi, where we had passed 

 the night on our outward journey, and from there, after a 

 short march, we reached Dufile. 



7. On Trade and Commerce among the Waganda 

 and Wanyoro. 



COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY — KABR^GA's MARKET AN AFRICAN BABEL — ARAB 

 TRADERS — COWRIE SHELLS — THE KING AS A MERCHANT — SLAVES, 

 IVORY, COFFEE, BARK CLOTH, AND SKINS — SALT, IRON, AND MINOR 

 COMMODITIES. 



In marked contrast to all the negro tribes inhabiting our 

 territory, the tribes of the Bantu family settled to the north 

 of the equator, namely, the Waganda and the Wanyoro, have 

 brought commerce to a more advanced state of development, 

 corresponding to their higher civilisation. Whether this pro- 

 gress is entirely due to their own initiative, or whether the 

 trading expeditions of Arab merchants from Zanzibar and 

 the permanent settlement of some of them in these countries, 



* Probably a Cynium. — G. S. 



