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coloured. They are tied to a leash of very strong cord, which the 
owner holds in his hand or hangs round the wrist with a running 
knot. In hunting antelopes, however, the dogs are set free. They 
are attached to their masters and are well treated. Hydrophobia is 
unknown. 
Manufactures . — The Waganda are very ingenious and clever 
workmen. All the articles they construct are made with great 
taste, neatness, and exactitude. They also very readily copy, or 
adapt to uses of their own articles of foreign manufacture introduced 
into the country. I shall now describe their different trades in 
order, and commence with 
Pottery . — Pottery is a distinct trade, and a good number of men 
and women are engaged in it. Boys and girls are at an early age 
initiated into the art. Two kinds of pottery, a coarse and a fine 
variety, are manufactured. Vessels for carrying water and for cook- 
ing are made of the coarse kind ; they are of all shapes and sizes, and 
are well proportioned and elegant in outline. The water jugs are 
round in form, made to contain one or two gallons, and have a 
narrow long-lipped neck, while those used for cooking purposes are 
hemispherical, having no necks hut a neatly curved lip. Already the 
Waganda are beginning to imitate European pottery, and plates, 
basins, and mugs may at times be seen. Drinking cups and tobacco 
pipes are made of the finer clay. They are very thin aud beauti- 
fully worked, but all the pottery is easily broken, as no flux or glaze 
is used. The fine clay contains a good deal of mica; it is procured 
from the beds of streams, and is probably formed from the detritus of 
igneous rocks. Ho potter’s wheel is used. The clay is first freed 
from stones, is mixed with water, and beaten with wooden clubs on 
a wooden block into a proper consistency. A lump of this dough 
is then taken and formed into shape by the hands; a wooden 
spatula is held in the right hand, the left being used to rotate the 
clay. Ho moulds are used in the manufacture of pottery. The 
pots are ornamented both by scoring with a sharp-pointed stick 
and impressing with a wickerwork pattern. The most usual 
patterns employed are circular dots, elliptical punch marks, bands, 
parallel incised lines, chequer concentric rings, guilloche, spiral 
pattern, and basketwork. The pottery is burnt after being dried 
in the sun in large permanent holes dug in the ground. When 
