184 UGANDA AND THE EGYPTIAN SOUDAN.

thalmia, cholera, and a form of leprosy, are all to be found : of the latter, leprosy, I never saw a case, but, judging from the descriptions given by the natives, it certainly is known in Uganda. Temporary madness is pretty common, and generally lasts for three or four days ; but persons thus afflicted do not become very violent.

Many, especially women, suffer from epileptic fits, and girls who have this complaint are difficult to dispose of, and are often married without being paid for. No medicine is used in either of these illnesses.

Persons are often observed with white patches on their hands, faces, and legs ; there is no disease in the skin, but merely an absence of pigment.

The Waganda are very clean in their habits, washing frequently, and never smearing their persons with fat, which is such a common practice among negros ; the fact of their being entirely clothed obviates the necessity of this.

The Waganda are not so particular about their hair as many tribes, as they rarely dress it in any way, and generally shave the head bare. A larger number of them, however, have beards than any negro race I have seen except the Wanyamwezi.

They are a drunken race, though happily it cannot be said in their case that it has been acquired from their intercourse with Europeans. Owing to the extreme ease with which the banana-wine, " mwengi," can be obtained, even the poorest can indulge in it,