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the Aruwimi district. The shyness which the people of Waronda 
and Wasongora first exhibited made this awkward to arrange. 
However, on our putting the matter before Sultan Kasigano at 
Ruisamba, where we arrived the following day, he was persuaded 
to send us a few animals. 
Ethnographical material was scanty and of little interest. 
This district forms, as it were, the boundary of the eastern and 
western types and languages. We therefore met again many 
people with whom our stay at Lake Kiwu and Uganda had made 
us familiar both with their forms and language; but we came 
across a few special peculiarities. 
The Wasongora just mentioned should really be called 
Bakondjo, for according to Czekanowski’s researches Wasangora 
is a common designation for people with pointed teeth. Kusan- 
gora meno simply means “ pointing the teeth ”; and Usongora 
would be the land where the inhabitants chip their teeth to points 
by means of an iron chisel, a habit frequently met with among the 
Bakondjo. Now, as the pointing of the teeth is a typical feature 
of all tribes who indulge in cannibalism, we may not be far wrong 
in assuming that the Bakondjo were formerly addicted to this 
ghastly practice, even if they have now abandoned it. This is all 
the more probable, as cannibalism is still in full swing in some 
parts, as, for instance, in the entire region of the primeval forest. 
The pest of gnats and flies at Kissenji and on the steep banks 
of Lake Albert Edward was simply dreadful. Myriads of tiny, 
little insects buzzed in the air the instant the dawn broke. They 
appeared in such hosts and covered the tables, the tents and their 
inner sides in such dense masses, that my pencil was continually 
rubbing the creatures into the pages of my diary and making the 
writing quite illegible. At supper time we were always com¬ 
pelled to set up the lamp on cases ten paces away in order to 
protect the soup from the crowd of descending insects. The tents 
had to be pitched close to the edge of the water, almost touching 
the reed masses, on account of the swampy ground; and such an 
unpleasant smell made itself apparent that our stay became 
utterly intolerable. 
