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BANTU NEGEOES 



the " Naked iPeople "' on the north and east of the \'ictoria Nile. No 

 striking ornaments are worn, only a few rough copper and brass bracelets, 

 strings of beads, and little leather satchels worked with beads and 

 containing charms. 



The huts of the Banyoro are similar to those of Uganda, but of much 

 rougher and less skilful construction, without any of the neat reedwork 

 that decorates the buildings of the Baganda. The Unyoro houses offer very 

 little comfort or attempt at decent division by partitions into sleeping 

 places for individuals or married couples. A whole family may sleep 

 promiecuously in one hut. The chiefs' dwellings are not very much better 

 than those of the peasants. The residences of Kabarega, the former king, 



326. A chief's wife, toeo 



and the enclosures round them, were well built, but this was due to the 

 presence at his court of Baganda refugees, who erected these dwellings. 

 In like manner the Banyoro, until quite recently, were contented 



