122 UGANDA AND THE EGYPTIAN SOUDAN.

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We had a pleasant stay at Zanga for two days, to rest and collect fresh porters. Six honrs' march to the south-east there is a hot spring, which is much prized by the natives for its medicinal properties. It is called Busi, and is at the foot of Mount Kugu. It bubbles up twice in the day, morning and evening, and a small stream flows from it. The natives both bathe in the stream and drink the water, and say that it is a cure for pains in the joints. A cloud of steam is always hanging over the spring, and the water must be allowed to cool before using ; when it first wells up out of the ground the hand cannot be dipped into it, and it is of course too hot to drink. We brought home a bottle of the water, an analysis of which will be found at the end of the book. Both the Arabs and natives agree as to its wonderful efficacy, and from time immemorial people have come from long distances to bathe and drink the water.

The people here at Zanga are Morus, and a fine sturdy race ; they are tattooed on the forehead with ten cuts. The men are quite naked, as also are the women, but the latter wear an iron chain round the waist ; and over the right thigh, stuck through the chain, they carry a long, slightly curved knife, which they use for all manner of purposes. The men were all armed with bows and