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A few dwarfs may be seen about the Court ; they are privileged 
nuisances ; their behaviour is very indecent, but they are greatly 
petted and indulged, and often become possessed of much wealth. 
It is very rare to find any other abnormalities. The pure Waganda 
women have a custom which is so much disliked by the men of the 
surrounding tribes that it effectually prevents intermarriage with 
them. The practice is that of forming the “ Hottentot apron.” 
The labia minora are artificially elongated ; of that there can be no 
reasonable doubt, for I have failed to find any congenital deformity 
in any of the children that I examined. They are early taught 
the necessary manipulation, and, as soon as the size of the labia will 
permit, a weighted appliance is fixed to the parts to help to increase 
the hypertrophe. The longest labia I noticed extended to within 
an inch or so of the knee. The origin of this practice I failed to 
ascertain. 
Crosses . — The only intermarriages which take place in Uganda 
are those of Waganda chiefs with Wahuma girls, and between 
Waganda and women who have been taken during slave raids. 
The first class of marriages produce decidedly superior offspring ; 
the first-born children of the second class, who are generally girls, 
are inferior, subsequent children showing an improvement (see 
Causes that Limit Population). 
Tattooing , fyc. — Tattooing, which is so common in all surrounding 
tribes, is not practised by the Waganda ; indeed, it is strictly pro- 
hibited, and the laws on the subject are very severe. To this is to 
some extent due the slight progress which Mohammedanism has 
made in the country, as circumcision is also forbidden. Any 
Mganda upon whom this operation has been performed is liable to 
be burnt to death ; indeed, a few years ago some sixty or seventy 
boys and young men upon whom some Arabs had performed the rite 
were all burnt by order of the king. Teeth are never extracted, 
and mutilations of the body, such as boring the nose or lips, are not 
allowed. 
Dress . — With the exception of the Wanyoro, who also clothe 
themselves from head to foot, the Waganda are the only people in 
Central Africa that are clothed in a respectable manner. Strict 
laws are in vogue with regard to dress, and in the streets and public 
places every one over about five years of age is compelled to be 
