88 A DESCRIPTION OF THE WANYORO.

the first of such women were not Wanyoro. I have dwelt the longer upon this subject, because prostitution, although it prevails everywhere, is not officially sanctioned in any other Negro country.

Private property in land does not exist in Unyoéro. The occupier is a serf, and unless he be carried off in a raid, remains attached to the soil, and changes masters with it. The Wahuma are exceptions to this rule, and occupy a peculiar position, already noticed by Speke. Their girls, however, are frequently carried off.

While in the north, and as far south as the Somerset Nile, earthenware is manufactured by women, the men do this kind of work in Unyoro and Uganda. The Wanyéoro, however, do not equal the Waganda in this branch of industry. The milking of cows likewise falls entirely to the men, and a woman may never touch a cow’s udder. MHousebuilding and procuring of the requisite materials are also performed by men. | Salutations are strictly regulated in Unyéro. Men and women wish each other good-morning (fairdte; answer, Daabdnte) and good-evening (Gerdba ; answer, Gerdbera), when they visit one another in the morning or evening. Merembe is the greeting exchanged on meeting in the street or on the road, and is followed by an oft-repeated m, spoken with the mouth closed. When a man leaves a party he says Vkudba (Thank you), and is answered by Rainmi. The word for thanks is Vébbali, or the more elegant Nkuébasa (1 thank you). When aman meets another of higher rank, he kneels down before him, or stands with his body bent, until the other has passed by. There exist particular formulee of salutation for the great chiefs. Thus for Kabréga, Ngzinzono kilt (1 greet the highest); for Ridnga, Nguinzono dirt; and for Anfina, Ngiuinzono boki. The inferior chiefs exact the same honours from their subjects that they pay to their superiors.

Under the name of madudu, the custom prevails that if any one is robbed, and suspects another of the theft, he takes the supposed thief to the chief, before whom ‘they both drink of a magic potion made from red wood, or give it to two fowls to drink. The guilty one, or the fowl that represents him,