GOVERNMENT AND LANGUAGE. 211 bulagalla (Stanley's Ulagalla), where there is quite a little colony of them. They are either agents of large Arab traders in Unyanyembe, or men who have run away from their masters on account of debt, and who are afraid to return. There are also a few Soudanis and Dongolowis, deserters from the Egyptian troops at Mruli. They are chiefly in Mtesa's bodyguard, and have taught their comrades something of drill.

The Waganda have a high idea of what is due to strangers or guests, and it is said that no foreigner has ever been murdered there which, in Central Africa, is saying a good deal. Many of the chiefs, however, are very jealous of foreign influence, and some of them once told me that if they had had their way neither Speke nor Grant, nor any other j European, should ever have set foot on the soil of j Uganda. They are especially jealous of Egypt, and i look with great fear on any extension of its territory in the direction of their country.

Foreigners are allowed to be present at the luchiko or council, already mentioned, and are often appealed to for advice on various social and political questions, but they are rigidly excluded from taking any part in any matter connected with the succession to the throne ; and indeed, under all circumstances, it is by far the best plan to keep out of all local politics ; interference in these matters rarely does any good and frequently seriously compromises the traveller.

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