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antelopes are desti'uctive to it. The plant once in the 

 ground seenis to be allowed to propagate itself without 

 replanting from season to season. 



Locusts are eaten after the wings have been removed 

 and the Ixxlies roasted. Termites (white ants) are 

 regarded in I'^ganda. as in other parts of Africa as 

 delicacies. 



In Uganda the people are divided into clans, and 

 each clan is named after an animal, insect, fish, or 



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'J'lie iScalv Ant-eater, or Maiiis {Mniii'i /rini.^/ii.-<). 



plant. Thus, a clan is named after a sheep, grass- 

 hopper, crocodile, hippopotamus, serval cat, bean, 

 mushrooni, dog, &c. There is some reason for the 

 choice of a particular animal or plant as the badge, 

 totem, or sign of a clan, but its precise significance is 

 ill-understood. No memljcr of a clan may eat the 



