UGANDA AND THE WAGANDA. 189 again is the causative form of the verb " kava " or " kawa," " to cry, howl, or bark." This name was taken by Mtesa on the occasion of a great victory gained by his troops over the Wasoga.

There are no special days in the year, as far as can be ascertained, and no special seasons of rejoicing or festivals, with the exception of the day on which the new moon is first seen ; then guns are fired and drums beaten ; but this is probably a custom introduced by the Arabs, as it is only observed at the capital.

The only trade of any importance carried on with Uganda is entirely in the hands of the Arab and half-breed merchants from Zanzibar. These men bring guns, ammunition, cloth, beads, and a few other articles, which they barter for slaves and ivory. Uganda is the most northerly station of the Zanzibar traders, for though they penetrate to Unyoro, yet their depot is at Kubaga and there they collect their goods and form their caravans to go south to Unyanyembe. A pretty brisk trade in slaves is still carried on from and through Uganda, and I met on one occasion as many as 200 going down the Lake, in canoes furnished by Mtesa, to Kagei in Usukuma ; and old Kadiima, the monungwa or chief of Kagei, asserts that at least a thousand slaves from Uganda come down every year to that port, and many more go by the Karagwe route. The Waganda have advanced far enough on the