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sticks ; the trough is then covered with banana leaves, and the 

 mixture allowed to stand for an hour or two. It is then taken out, 

 and the liquor strained through sieves made of grass into large 

 bottle gourds, being then ready for use, and forming a sweet, non- 

 intoxicating, pleasant drink. 



To make mwenge, the above decoction is set aside for three days, 

 when it ferments and becomes a slightly acid and refreshing drink, 

 but it is very inebriating. Malwa and mlamba are made by simply 

 adding a definite quantity of boiled millet seed to the mubisi, setting 

 it aside in large earthenware jars, and stirring it from time to time 

 for two or three days. ISTo substances are added to any of these 

 drinks to change their flavour. 



These drinks are never stored; they are made as required, and 

 consumed by the evening of the fourth day. If the mwenge be 

 bottled and kept in a cool place for a couple of months, it tastes 

 very much like champagne. 



Mrisa is a drink made from durrah ; it is largely used throughout 

 the whole of the Egyptian Sudan. The grain is allowed to ferment, 

 the liquor is then boiled and cooled, and set aside for two days 

 before use. — R. W. F. 



Madinda. — This instrument consists of twelve to twenty pieces of 

 hard resonant wood, which are scooped out in the middle and laid 

 upon two parallel logs. It has the greatest compass of any musical 

 instrument in Uganda. It is played by two performers, who squat 

 on each side of it, and strike the logs with drumsticks. A chord 

 of four notes can be played at once. — R. W. F. 



Mangala, also called miveso, is the only game, properly so called, 

 which the "Wagancla know. It is played by two people, upon an 

 oblong board containing thirty-two holes in four rows of eight each, 

 the players having a certain number of counters, which may be 

 either stones, beads, or coffee-berries. Each player places a certain 

 number of counters in his two rows of holes, and the game, which 

 is a very complicated one, and requires a considerable amount of 

 calculation, consists in trying to obtain all the stones belonging to 

 the opposite player. The counters are redistributed in turn, and 

 on stopping at a hole, a player may, under certain conditions, take 

 the opponent's counters out of the two holes opposite. It is a 

 most fascinating game, and the people will sit for hours playing at 

 it. It is so difficult, however, that I was not able to learn how to 

 play it myself. It is probably not a native game, but may have 

 been introduced from the east coast, where a somewhat similar game 

 called Bao is played by the Arabs and the Suaheli. — R. W. F. 



