806 THE GREAT JOURNEY FROM SEA TO SEA. 
ganda mind. Even the mere business of taking bundles of wood 
into the palace must be done in military style. After the logs are 
carried a certain distance^ the men charge up hill with walking sticks 
at the slope, to the sound of the drum, shouting and chorusing. On 
reaching their officer, they drop on their knees to salute, by saying 
repeatedly in one voice the word “n'yans” (thanks). Then they go 
back, charging down hill, stooping simultaneously to pick up the 
wood, till step by step, it taking several hours, the neatly cut logs 
are regularly stacked in the palace yards. 
THE MEN ARE WELL DRILLED. 
Each officer of the district would seem to have a different 
mode of drill. The Wazeewah, with long sticks, were remarkably 
well-disciplined, shouting and marching all in regular time, every 
club going through the same movement; the most attractive part 
of the drill being when all crouched simultaneously, and then 
advanced in open ranks, swinging their bodies to the roll of their 
drums. 
By such means Kimera soon contrived to make himself so 
powerful that his very name was dreaded throughout Unyoro, into 
which country he was continually making raids. If, for example, 
at one of his councils he found that one part of his dominions was 
deficient in cattle or women, he ordered one or two of his generals 
to take their troops into Unyoro and procure the necessary number. 
In order that he might always have the means of carrying his ideas 
into effect, the officers of the army are expected to present them¬ 
selves at the palace as often as they possibly can, and, if they fail 
to do so, they are severely punished; their rank is taken from them; 
their property confiscated, and their goods, their wives and their 
children are given to others. 
In fact, Kimera proceeded on a system of reward and punish¬ 
ment, the former he meted out with a liberal hand; the latter was 
certain, swift, and terrible. In process of time Kimera died, and 
his body was dried by being placed over an oven. When it was 
quite dry, the lower jaw was removed and covered with beads; and 
this, together with the body, were placed in tombs, and guarded by 
