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mlamba, a non-intoxicating "beer made of banana juice with a small 
quantity of boiled millet seed ; and malwa, which has a greater 
quantity of millet seed added, and is very inebriating. 
The Arabs have introduced the manufacture of spirits from 
mwengi, and distil a liquor from it which contains a very high per- 
centage of alcohol. 
The mubisi is made as follows : — A large hole is dug in the 
ground ; it is lined with banana leaves, filled with green bananas, 
and covered over until the fruit is quite ripe. The [bananas are 
then peeled and mashed with fine dried grass in a large wooden 
trough, boat-shaped, with a funnel end. A little water is added, 
the whole is mixed up either by the hand or with short wooden 
sticks ; the trough is then covered with banana leaves, and the 
mixture allowed to stand for an hour or two. It is then taken 
out, and the liquor strained through sieves made of grass into large 
bottle gourds, being then ready for use, and forming a sweet, non- 
intoxicating pleasant drink. 
To make mwengi the above decoction is set aside for three days, 
when it ferments and becomes a slightly acid and refreshing drink, 
but it is very inebriating. Malwa and mlamba are made by simply 
adding a definite quantity of boiled millet seed to the mubisi, 
setting it aside in large earthenware jars, and stirring it from time 
to time for two or three days. No substances are added to any 
of these drinks to change their flavour. 
These drinks are never stored; they are made as required, and 
consumed by the evening of the fourth day. If the mwengi be 
bottled and kept in a cool place for a couple of months, it tastes 
very much like champagne. 
Meals .— The Waganda usually partake of three meals a day — break- 
fast at about 7 A.M., dinner at noon, and supper soon after sunset. 
Each household provides its own food, and eats separately. There 
is a slight difference among different classes in the arrangement of 
meals. As a rule in the upper classes the master and a few of his 
wives eat together, the head slaves eating in a separate group ; the 
remaining wives, children, and slaves eat in their own huts. In 
smaller establishments the men and women eat in separate groups ; 
while among the lowest class of peasants, where of course the 
numbers are not so great, men, women, and children eat together. 
