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planted, and even the red Amaranthus and Canna indica were 

 not wanting. The hnts alone were different, and reminded 

 me more of the true Nyam-Nyam style of architecture. In 

 order to find a bridge — these people do not appear to love the 

 water — we were led about four hours from the village, and 

 had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of innumerable 

 small chiefs, until at last we arrived at Khor Bandama, and 

 having crossed it by means of a wonderfully simple bridge 

 composed of two tendril ropes, our guides wished to camp in 

 the village of Rembeta. It was a clean place, with friendly 

 people and extensive cultivation. I found here the beautiful 

 Solanum which grows in Uganda ; its red cherry-like fruit is 

 very tempting-looking, notwithstanding its objectionable taste ; 

 but if we had remained we should not have arrived at Kaba- 

 yendi next day, so we determined to march on. 



ii. Kabayendi and the Makraka. 



A BUFFALO-HUNT — LIFE AT KABAYENDI — IMMIGRANT ZANDE — SULTAN 

 WANDO'S HISTORY — NATURAL HISTORY NOTES — THE MAKRAKA — IDDIO, 

 THEIR TRIBAL DIVISIONS, CUSTOMS, AND QUALITIES. 



The country was cultivated as far as Khor Nambia, where 

 ironstone crops up, but then followed a wilderness with a 

 most extraordinary confusion and density of vegetation. It 

 was almost impossible to breathe sometimes in the midst of 

 the grass and brushwood. A tremendous noise was heard 

 in the jungle — the natives were engaged in a buffalo-hunt, 

 with nets and spears, as is customary here. After passing 

 Khor Kurpio, we again entered durrah fields in which zeribas 

 were situated, and we passed a broad, perfectly flat slab of 

 gneiss lying across the road. It was late in the afternoon 

 when we crossed Khor Au, a considerable stream of good clear 

 water, and ascended to chief Barafio's large village of Ekiideli, 

 where we halted on account of the pouring rain. The chief, 

 who came to welcome us, vanished almost immediately, pro- 



