248 UGANDA AND THE EGYPTIAN SOUDAN.

gora are decidedly inferior to the Waganda, and, as the nkoba, or bark-cloth tree, does not grow in their country, they are chiefly clothed in the skins of various animals. They catch large quantities of fish in baskets similar to those already described when speaking of the "Waganda. Their language belongs to the same family as that of the Waganda, and has some words in common with it. I collected a small vocabulary of words in their language while at Makongo, a selection from which will be found in the Appendix.

Our time was spent very quietly during our stay at Makongo. We were chiefly occupied in repairing the Daisy, and the only incidents which broke the monotony of the days were a visit from 120 Waganda canoes en route to fight with the people of Burnbire,* and the appearance in the bay of a solitary bull hippo, who kept us on the qui vive for two or three nights. For the solitary bulls have the character among the natives of being extremely vicious, and of wantonly destroying canoes, or anything else that may come in their way. Fearing for the safety of the Daisy, we kept our rifles loaded and ready to hand, should our visitor appear inclined to come to too close quarters ; but he was a * We subsequently learnt that, in the battle which took place between the people of Bumbire and the Waganda, the former were completely exterminated, with the exception of a few women and children who were made slaves, \vhile the Waganda left more than half their number dead on the field.