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" those living in trees " may allude to M. Du Chaillu's 
gorilla ! 
We could not trace any distinct form of religion 
amongst this interesting race, but there were certain 
indications or traces of Jewish worship. A piece of 
copper, made up in the form of a grapple or anchor, 
two feet long, lay near the door of the sultan's hut. 
We were told this was to represent the horns of cattle, 
and had a sacred signification. It was placed upright 
in the ground on the occasion of the monthly festivi- 
ties, and looked like what the Brahmins of India 
might have assumed as an idol. The cleanly huts of 
the Wahuma race reminded me of Indians ; also the 
superstition of not drinking out of the same cup with 
you. The moon in its different phases was thought 
to laugh at us. A tree was considered the greatest 
object in the creation, not even excepting man. Lions 
protected the mausoleum of Dagara, the former sul- 
tan ! " No kingdom was so powerful as this ; no one 
dare attack us ! Lions guard us ! " Captain Speke 
could not kill any hippopotami in the lake, because 
he had made no present to the invisible god, or 
" deo," who lived upon it ; and the sultan of Unyoro 
could divide the waters of the lake with a rod ! 
A younger prince, M'nanagee, was equally tall and 
erect with his brother Eumanika, and he was even a 
greater prophet and priest. The natives had un- 
bounded faith in his powers as a diviner. Daily did 
he walk to a stone on the face of the hill, or he might 
be seen going to visit some stuffed elephant-tusks 
placed in the ground within an enclosure, for the pur- 
pose of daily consultation with his gods. Although 
M'nanagee had these peculiarities, he was friendly 
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