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house into a firm basket work, supported perhaps by one strong pole in 

 the middle of the hut. Banana leaves make a singularly neat covering, 

 and are kept in their places by long, lithe bands of bamboo. Grass thatch 

 may in some cases be added over the roof. This style of house is well 

 illustrated in the accompanying photograph, which was taken by the late 

 Major Sitwell.* 



The food of the Bakonjo varies according to whether they live in the 

 plains or on the mountains. In the plains between Kuwenzori and the 









319. A KONJO HOUSE, SOUTH-WEST SLOPES Of KUVVENZOKI 



mountains to the west of Lake Albert Edward the Bakonjo cultivate most 

 of the Negro food crops, such as bananas, peas and beans, sorghum, sweet 

 potatoes, maize, pumpkins, and collocasia arums. On the mountains their 

 food consists mainly of bananas, sweet potatoes, and collocasia ; but the 

 mountain people are very fond of meat, and to obtain animal food they 

 range far and wide through the forests, tropical and temperate, up to the 

 snow-line in pursuit of hyraxes, monkeys, lats, and small antelopes. Their 

 favourite article of diet undoubtedly is the liyrax, and in pursuit of this 



* Major Sitwell did a great deal to establish British control over the Toro District. 

 He was killed in one of the earlier battles of the South African war. 



