GOVERNMENT AND LANGUAGE. 213 country. Since Speke's time chairs and stools have been introduced, and are used by many of the chiefs, whereas formerly all sat upon the ground. The few European tools, such as files and screw plates, which have found their way to Uganda have been adopted, and are skilfully used by the native workmen. And if good stone or brick houses were built, there is no doubt but that they would be imitated by the Waganda. We built a square house in the mission grounds at Eubaga, with vertical walls and a gable roof, dispensing with the forest of poles which the native huts require to support the roof, and very soon some of the chiefs began to build similar ones on a smaller scale.

In some respects, the most useful result of the intercourse of the traders from Zanzibar with the Waganda is the introduction of the Swahili language, for though the people generally do not understand it, yet in most large villages two or three natives will be found who can converse in it ; while at court it is widely spoken. Mtesa knows it as well as his own language, and most of the leading chiefs understand something of it, so that the traveller who comes to Uganda from the East Coast will find himself able to communicate directly with the people.

The Waganda have a considerable variety of games and amusements, such as dancing, singing, and wrestling.