ing like a sedate old gentleman with a bald head, and
very sharp, long nose. Politeness lost us the bird; for
whilst I wished the king to shoot, he wished me to do so,
from fear of missing it himself. He did not care about
vultures—he could practise at them at any time; but he
wanted a nundo above all things. The bird, however,
took the hint, and flew away. C H A P T E E XIII.
PALACE, UGANDA—Continued.
A VISIT TO A DISTINGUISHED STATESMAN — A VISIT EROM THE
KING— ROYAL SPORT—-THE QUEEN’S PRESENT OE WIVES THE
COURT BEAUTIES AND THEIR REVERSES— JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
IN UGANDA— BUEFALO-HUNTING— A MUSICAL PARTY— MY MEDICAL
PRACTICE — A ROYAL EXCURSION-ON THE N’YANZA — THE
CANOES OF UGANDA— A REGATTA— RIFLE PRACTICE— DOMESTIC
DIFFICULTIES — INTERFERENCE OE A MAGICIAN — THE KINGS
BROTHERS.
29th.— A ccording to appointment I went early this
morning to visit Congow. He kept me some time waiting
in his outer hut, and then called me in to where I
found him sitting with his women—a large group, by no
means pretty. His huts are numerous, the gardens and
courts all very neat and well kept. He was much delighted
with my coming, produced pombd, and asked me
what I thought of his women, stripping them to the waist.
He assured me that he had thus paid me such a compliment
as nobody else had ever obtained, since the Waganda
are very jealous of one another—so much so, that any one
would be killed if found staring upon a woman even in
the highways. I asked him what use he had for so many
women ? To which he replied, “ None whatever; the
king gives them to us to keep up our rank, sometimes as
many as one hundred together, and we either turn them
into wives, or make servants of them, as we please. Just