138 MRULI TO MAGUNGO. 



In Uganda the latter are chiefly worn ; in Unyoro and Usoga 

 the former. The hnts are large, roomy, and, like all Unyoro 

 huts, dome-shaped, but without pinnacles ; in the inside they 

 are divided into two parts. I slept in a somewhat larger 

 square hut, and quite a crowd of people wanted to take up their 

 quarters with me ; it cost me ever so much trouble to make 

 them understand that their company was not desired. When 

 milked, the cow's udders are washed with urine. In the en- 

 closure big liver-coloured dogs were running about, and a 

 large he-goat (it measured twenty-five inches at the withers). 

 This goat seemed to be a privileged animal, for it was allowed 

 to knock people down with impunity. 



Beyond this place the country became more and more 

 hilly, the ridges of the hills being covered with high grass, 

 and the swampy valleys overgrown with date palms ; the doleb 

 palm is never seen. It appears to be very uncertain in the 

 choice of its habitat. We pressed on through the high grass 

 with great difficulty, being scratched and pricked on all sides, 

 so that, after a three hours' march, we joyfully greeted the little 

 village of Kituauga, where tolerable drinking-water was obtained. 

 The few huts adjoined a neglected banana grove, and were sur- 

 rounded by small fields of durrah and sweet potatoes. Thence 

 a stiff march brought us to the village of Kokmiria, where was 

 some water lying between granite and gneiss ledges. 



As a long march lay before us, we broke up our camp early. 

 There is not much to be said about these marches, for the 

 scenery was almost invariably the same. It consisted of high 

 grass, thin woods, and low swampy ground. Jebel Geisi was 

 visible for a moment through the grass, when the sun had dis- 

 persed the morning mist. Crossing several watercourses, one 

 of which was friuged by a splendid wood, we arrived about 

 midday at our station of Kiroto. This station has been pre- 

 viously described. On the road I noticed upon a number 

 of fig-trees quantities of broad-leaved pseudo-parasitic plants 

 (Platycerium ?), just like those I had previously observed in 

 Kabrega's district. Owing to the persistent rain, I was unable 

 to utilise my stay at Kiroto for making collections, although 

 it abounds in material. 



After a day's stay at Kiroto we turned back towards 



