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same high action and elongated step^ the ground leg only being 
bent, to give their strides the greater force. 
“After the men had all started, the captains of companies 
followed, even more fantastically dressed; and last of all came the 
great Colonel Congow, a perfect Robinson Crusoe, with his long 
white-haired goat-skins, a fiddle-shaped leather shield, tufted with 
hair at all six extremities, bands of long hair tied below the knees, 
and a magnificent helmet covered with rich beads of every color in 
excellent taste, surmounted with a plume of crimson feathers, in the 
centre of which rose a bent stem tufted with goat’s hair. Next, 
they charged in companies to and fro, and finally the senior officers 
came charging at their king, making violent professions of faith 
and honesty, for which they were applauded. The parade then 
broke up, and all went home.” 
DISTRIBUTING REWARDS. 
At these reviews, the king distributes rewards and metes out 
his punishments. The scene is equally stirring and terrible. As 
the various officers come before the king, they prostrate themselves 
on the ground, and after going through their elaborate salutation, 
they deliver their reports as to the conduct of the men under their 
command. 
To some are given various presents, with which they go off 
rejoicing, after floundering about on the ground in the extremity 
of their gratitude; while others are seized by the ever-officious pages, 
bound, and dragged off to execution, the unfortunate men struggling 
with their captors, fighting, and denying the accusation, until they 
are out of hearing. As soon as the king thinks that he has had 
enough of the business, he rises abruptly, picks up his spears, and 
goes off, leading his dog with him. 
The native account of the origin of the Waganda kingdom is 
very curious. According to them, the country which is now called 
Uganda was previously united with Unyoro, a more northerly king¬ 
dom. Eight generations back there came from Unyoro a hunter 
named Uganda, bringing with him a spear, a shield, a woman, and 
a pack of dogs. He began to hunt on the shores of the lake, and was 
