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of making senseless mud pies, I used to see them making miniature 
villages, copies of mountains, rough models of men and animals of 
clay, and I was surprised to see how neatly they constructed the 
miniature huts, which were almost exact copies of the dwellings 
around them. They would he thus employed for hours together, 
day after day, and would persevere until their models were complete. 
When strangers visit their parents they sit at a little distance 
listening to the conversation, hut ever ready to run on any errand 
that may be required. 
The children inhabit the same huts with their parents, hut in 
many of the huts a sleeping room is partitioned off for them. 
Slavery . — Slavery has existed in Uganda from time immemorial. 
The slaves are captives made in war and their descendants. The 
number of slaves held varies necessarily with the position and 
wealth of the owner. They are well treated, and their lot is by no 
means a degraded one ; they have definite rights, and although a 
master may kill a slave, public opinion is against such practice. 
The head slaves are allowed to marry and to hold slaves themselves, 
whom they may sell or exchange, hut their own descendants belong 
to their master. About 1000 slaves are exported annually from 
Uganda; they consist of boys and young men and a small pro- 
portion of young girls. Female slaves are as a rule incorporated 
into the harems of the Waganda. The price of slaves is steadily 
increasing, and is about four times as high now as it was ten years 
ago. The slave population is diminishing, and the Waganda are 
beginning to feel that the exportation of slaves must cease, for if 
not, they will he compelled to do manual work themselves, which 
work they strongly object to. 
Games and Amusements .- — Men and women, hoys and girls, amuse 
themselves by singing and dancing, and there are frequent enter- 
tainments in the villages at night. The two sexes dance separately, 
not in couples. The dances are accompanied by music, and some 
of the figure dancing is very graceful. A shuffle dance is also per- 
formed singly or in groups. The performers advance or recede with 
knees slightly bent, the arms stiffly held by the sides, with the 
hands stretched out, and the palms downwards. Every muscle in 
the body is brought into action, and it is so exhausting that it can 
only he kept up for two or three minutes. This dance seems to 
