VII 
DRUMS 
85 
When Speke visited King Rumanika at Karague, he 
found thirty-five drums ranged on the ground, with 
as many drummers ranged behind them. The thirty- 
five drums all struck up together in very good harmony ; 
and when their deafening noise was over, a smaller band 
of hand-drums and reed instruments was ordered in to 
amuse him. 
Women Drummers at Suna’s Tomb. 
(After Hattersley. The Bagancla at Home.) 
In Uganda the State organisation is of a high order; 
every principal chief has his ov/n standard and drum call. 
When the King’s war-drum sounds the call to arms 
in Mengo, each district passes the signal on. Thus the 
country is quickly aroused. Special beats of the drum 
are used for alarms, as when a wild animal, such as 
a lion, is discovered in a village. 
