VII 



DRUMS 



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AVhen Speke visited King Kumanika at Karague, lie 

 found thirty-five drums ranged on the ground, with 

 as many drunnners ranged behind them. The thirty- 

 five drums all struck up together in very good harmony ; 

 and when their deafening noise was over, a smaller Ijand 

 of hand-drums and reed instruments was ordered in to 

 amuse him. 



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Women Drummers at Suna'.s Tomb. 

 (After Hattersley. The Baganda at Home. ) 



In Uganda the iState organisation is of a high order ; 

 every principal chief has his ov/n standard and drum call. 

 When the King's war-drum sounds the call to arms 

 in Mengo, each district passes the signal on. Thus the 

 country is quickly aroused. Special heats of the drum 

 are used for alarms, as when a wdld animal, sucli as 

 a lion, is discovered in a village. 



