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IxK-lies. White ants'' at the time wlien thev l.eo-iii tn flv from the ant- 

 hills are much liked. Here, as on Lake Xya>a. the krmo-u flv ,'a minnte 

 species oi gmit) rises in its millions from the hike waters, and is 

 collected by the Baganda on screens of mattinu-. made into paste and 

 eaten as an agreeable condiment. 



The Baganda keep as doineslic n iiimal.s the o.\-. goat, slieep, fowls, and 

 (logs. Here and there may 

 be an occasional cat, the de- 

 scendant of breeds introduced 

 by Europeans, or coming from 

 the Egyptian estalilislmrents on 

 the Nile. The cattle are usually 

 ot the humped zebu type. In 

 the west and south long-liorned 

 Ankole oxen or half-breeds 

 between these (iala cattle and 

 the zebu are met with ; but 

 as a rule the Cuila oxen do not 

 thriye in the damp, hot climate 

 of Uganda. The cattle of a 

 claef aiv always henled for him 

 by a ^luhinia, the Baganda not 

 being \ery skilled in the care 

 o[ cattle. Cattle-keeping, in- 

 deed, has ne\er taken the same 

 hold o\"er these eaters of tlie 

 banana as has been tlie case 

 with the people of less dis- 

 tinctly negro cliara.cter to the 

 east and to the west. Tiie 

 Piaganda, nowadays appreciate 

 milk nKjre through the teach- 

 ing of Europeans than from any 

 original fondness for this liquid. 



The yessels in which the fresli milk is kejit are gener.dly tilled with wood 

 asli to cleanse them, and are smoked o\'er a tire to keej) them swe(4. This 

 gi\-es the milk a yery smoky (though not a yery disagreeable^ flayonr. h is 

 douljtful whetliin' they made butter or •• ghi " on their own account hefore 

 beintr tauefht to ilo S(_) fifty years airo h\ Arab traders. 'J'heir tioats and slieeu 

 are of the ordinary type common to tro[iical Africa, the >heep. of course, 



* The fiyivi.n' teiiiiites enter finiNiilrralily into r,i;;uiila ami I'liyorn fulk-lore as a 

 delicacy that is luiiversally rehslied liy men and b:'asts. 



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