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]iAXTU NEGEOES 



(liii;--oul (uiiiocN, MHiK-' ol' wliirli in timi's ji:i>t were umisually lai-gc, with 

 rotiin ibr st'vciitx' iin^ii as rowers and iiasseii^'ers. The Hanyoro alsi> 

 constniet nuU' niftv of bundles oF pajiyrus. Thesr serve flie purpose of 

 crossinji; small sluggish streams, heiug jmnted across the water with a 

 long pole. The canoe-making industry, ho\ve\'er, has ipiite died out 

 latelv in nearly every ]iai't of Unvoro, (^xcept the southern pr(_)\iuce til 

 that kingdom, which is now annexed l(j T'ganda. Likewise hut little 

 hiialiiiji is carried on in this country at the ])r(^sent time, since the 

 jiopulalioii has Ihm^u decimated liv cixil w.u's. l^'ornier m(4hods for 



i (A TICIUMTIIHV WIC^T ol-' I H 10 SKIILIKI KI\Kll| 



nIiii/iiii/ III!/ hcdslK such as ele]iliants were the gamc-[iit and the hea\'il\" 

 loaded harpoon. wlii<di was suspended hy a cord across the road along 

 which elephants, hip])Opotanuises, or huft'aloes would trax'el. It was- 

 tVirmerly the cu-tom toi' a. huntei' to percli on a tree ONerhanoiiio- one 

 ol these l)ea>t-r<jails, which traverse the hush in all directions. In this- 

 ]ui~iti()U he would hold a heavy spear ready to send it with force into the 

 liack of the animal Ixdiind the shoulders. Mr. (Jeorge Wilson, when 

 collectoi- in Unyoro, was assured hy the C|-|io]i- hunters in the northern 

 part oF that district that expert hunters were accustomed to catch jiuff- 

 adders in a noose. 'J'hey then nailed the living snake by the tip of its. 



