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Bakyiga, and was informed by them that a part of their clan had migrated 

 and gone south, and had not since been heard of. In all probability, the 

 Kigezi tribe of Bakyiga is the missing clan, who have modified some of their 

 customs. 



Passing along the eastern side of Lake Edward, the expedition met with 

 numbers of pastoral people, some of them with very large herds, which had 

 not then been affected by rinderpest, which was devastating Ankole. When 

 nearing the river which connects Lakes George and Edward, a tribe of 

 Baganda was met with. These men were obliged to leave Buganda, because 

 their chief had killed a prince in battle. At the time the deed was done, 

 his action was highly commended by the king, but later the priest warned 

 the king that, unless he put the man to death, the ghost of the prince 

 would cause disease in his country. The chief heard that he was to be 

 captured, so he fled with a number of people, and, passing through Ankole, 

 settled near Lake Edward. There he and his relatives, with some followers, 

 live to this day. They have adopted many customs of the surrounding 

 tribes, with whom they intermarry. 



Crossing the river we entered Toro, and I was able to see a little of the 

 cannibal tribes of the Luenzori Eange, though I only remained at the capital 

 a week, while waiting for a steamer to carry me over Lake Albert into 

 Bunyoro. The cannibal tribes are of the degraded kind, who will kill and 

 eat men of other tribes. 



The pastoral people of Toro are an offshoot of the Banyoro, and on this 

 account there was no necessity for staying among them to learn their 

 customs ; I could do it better among the Banyoro. I therefore passed over 

 Lake Albert and spent four months in Bunyoro. In this part of the 

 Uganda Protectorate I did some of the best research work. The king was 

 anxious to help forward the cause, and took great trouble to secure for me 

 the best informants. Not only did he procure these for me, but he gave a 

 week's pageant of the old milk customs, when from morning until night 

 were enacted the old ceremonies. After this I was with him a month, 

 spending many hours each day while he explained what I had seen, and 

 gave information which he had obtained from other old people, some of 

 whom were present with us during these interviews. 



The king in the past was the high priest, or perhaps it might be said that 

 he was the Deity, for so he was regarded by the common people. Each 

 morning, before he rose from his bed, a girl, who had to sleep across the foot 

 of the bed, lest the king's feet should come against the bed frame or be 

 exposed, had to anoint each great toe. After this the king went into a yard 

 near the throne room, where two yearling bulls, one a black animal with a 



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