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chap, x.] THE BOTTLE GOURDS USED AS MODELS.. 
factoring art, by the fact of copying from nature: 
the utter savage makes use of nature-—the gourd is 
his utensil ; and the more advanced natives of Unyoro 
adopt it as the model for their pottery. They make 
a fine quality of jet black earthenware, producing 
excellent tobacco-pipes most finely worked in imitation 
of the small egg-shaped gourd; of the same earthen¬ 
ware they make extremely pretty bowls, and also 
bottles copied from the varieties of the bottle gourds : 
thus, in this humble art, we see the first effort of the 
human mind in manufactures, in taking nature for a 
model; precisely as the beautiful Corinthian capital 
originated in a design from a basket of flowers. 
A few extracts from my journal will describe the 
delay at Atada — 
“Jan. 26th, 1864—The huts are very large, about 
20 feet in diameter, made entirely of reeds and straw, 
and very lofty, looking in the interior like huge in¬ 
verted baskets, bee-hive shaped, very different to the 
dog-kennels of the more northern tribes. We received, 
a message to-day that we were not to expect Kamrasi, 
as ‘ great men were never in a hurry to pay visits/ 
None of the principal chiefs have yet appeared. Kidg- 
wiga is expected to-day ; but people are flocking in 
from the country to see the white lady. It is very 
trying to the patience to wait here until it pleases 
these almighty niggers to permit our people to cross 
the river/' 
“Jan. 27 th .—Time passing fruitlessly while every 
day is valuable. The rains will, I fear, commence 
before my. work is completed ; and the Asua river, 
if flooded, will cut off my return to Gondokoro. In 
this district there is a large population and extensive 
cultivation. There are many trees resembling the 
Yacoua of Mauritius, but the leaves are of a different 
texture, producing a species of flax. Every day there 
is a report that the headman, sent by Kamrasi, is on 
the road ; but I see no signs of him. 
“Jan. 26 th .'—Reports brought that Kamrasi has sent 
