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march they micturate standing. Each finger can he extended 
separately. In pointing at any object, the whole hand, the ring, 
and sometimes the middle finger are employed (see Labour). 
Physiognomy . — The faces of the Waganda are most expressive ; 
joy, sorrow, anger, or disgust betraying themselves on the features 
immediately. They also possess the power of mimicry, and when 
delivering a message or relating an occurrence will imitate the 
tones, gestures, and expressions of the sender of the message or the 
subject of narration. Affirmation is expressed by [nodding the 
head vertically, negation by a lateral motion. In order to add 
emphasis both hands are used in the same way. 
Physical Powers . — The Waganda are probably one of the strongest 
of Central African tribes. The men will carry loads of 100 or 120 
lbs. weight for 20 miles a day for eight or ten days without incon- 
venience. A party of Waganda sent from Kubaga to Mrooli, 92 
miles as the crow flies, went and returned in five days, including a 
rest of half a day at Mruli. 
Senses. — Sight, hearing, and smell are very acute. The army test- 
dots were counted accurately at 24 yards by fifteen Waganda. The 
sense of touch is better developed than in some other African tribes 
I know. The average least distances at which two blunted points 
of a pair of compasses could be separately distinguished by fifteen 
Waganda were as follows : — Tip of tongue, -^th of an inch; tip of 
nose, Jd of an inch ; upper lip, Jth of an inch ; palm of the hand, 
3^2 ths of an inch ; tip of forefinger, Jth of an inch ; back of hand, 
1J inch; dorsum of foot, 2 inches. 
Abnormalities . — Albinos are occasionally met with ; they are 
looked upon as curiosities, and several of them are retained by the 
king and the great chiefs as buffoons. As a rule their hair is straw- 
coloured, and their skin rough and coarse and of a pinkish-white 
colour; their eyes are very weak, and they often suffer from 
ophthalmia ; they have very little power of smell. They have a bad 
repute, as they are irascible and treacherous. I could not obtain 
any opinion from the natives as to their origin, but they stoutly 
deny their being the offspring of brothers and sisters. One albino 
wdiom I personally knew was the third child of a family of four, 
the first two and the fourth being perfectly normal; this albino 
was married, and had two normal children by two different wives. 
