22 GEOGRAPHY : UGANDA [No. 06

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inhabit the slopes of Elgon, a short, long -armed, bearded type is found which probably represents an aboriginal strain. They speak a very archaic form of Bantu .

( 4) The Nilotic negroes of the Protectorate are all characterized by great height and length of limb. The most important tribes are the very numerous Bateso or

Bakedi round Lake Kioga, and the Acholi of the White Nile . The Badama, south of Lake Kioga, form a link between the Acholi and the Nilotic Kavirondo on Victoria Nyanza . The Lango and Miro are found between the Bateso and the Acholi.

:: Further to the north-east , the natives show signs of Hamitic blood . This is especially the case with the Turkana, who may be considered the most negroid member of the Hamitic negroid group. Their language is also spoken by the Jiwe, the Dabossa , and the Karamojo. It is allied to the Teso tongue, and shows considerable signs of Masai and Hamitic influence. The Acholi language, on the other hand , is a typical Nilotic tongue. The Karamojo tribe is said to be fundamentally of Bantu type , and to have been modified by Turkana influence.

The Madi stand apart from the other races of the Protectorate by reason of their peculiar language. Physically, they resemble the Acholi and other Nilotic peoples.

(6) POPULATION

Distribution

The total population of the Protectorate was esti mated in March 1917 at 2,954,861 . Of these 809 were Europeans (555 males and 254 females) , and 3,548 Asiatics (over one-fourth females ). The population of the Rudolf province and of the unadministered por tions of the eastern province is calculated in this re turn to be 150,000, but the actual numbers are very doubtful.

In 1913 the population of the Buganda province was 698,573 , of which 439,173 inhabited the district