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antelopes are destructive to it. The plant once in the 
ground seems to be allowed to propagate itself without 
replanting from season to season. 
Locusts are eaten after the wings have been removed 
and the bodies roasted. Termites (white ants) are 
regarded in Uganda as in other parts of Africa as 
delicacies. 
In Uganda the people are divided into clans, and 
each clan is named after an animal, insect, fish, or 
The Scaly Ant-eater, or Maiiis {Munis tricuspis). 
plant. Thus, a clan is named after a sheep, grass¬ 
hopper, crocodile, hippopotamus, serval cat, bean, 
mushroom, dog, &c. There is some reason for the 
choice of a particular animal or plant as the badge, 
totem, or sign of a clan, but its precise significance is 
ill-understood. No member of a clan may eat the 
