PAO AT DUR TRY III fall speed, and afterwards returned with a dwarf antelope on his shoulder, a fresh bleeding wound in its belly showing that it had just been killed. How he had noticed it in the grass is a puzzle tome. ‘The animal’s companion stood at a little distance from the road, but soon made its escape. This species is trustful and easily tamed, but does not thrive in confinement. As we continued to descend from the khor, we frequently came across steep natural walls edging the plateaus, and having in front of them deep hollows. Colonies of termites build their crenelated hills here, being fond of red earth; delicate white or light-blue petunias * grow on the ant-hills. A deep gorge flanked the last descent, down which, by a shght turn, we came to two Madi villages named Hléma, and then to Khor Dedde, — which contains a great deal of water, and empties itself into the Khor Unyama farther to the north. Some minutes later we rested under the tamarind of Jé¢ifi, where we had passed the night on our outward journey, and from there, after a short march, we reached Dufilé.

7, ON TRADE AND COMMERCE AMONG THE WAGANDA AND WANYORO.

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY—KABREGA’S MARKET AN AFRICAN BABEL—ARAB TRADERS—COWRIE SHELLS—THE KING AS A MERCHANT—SLAVES, IVORY, COFFEE, BARK CLOTH, AND SKINS—SALT, IRON, AND MINOR COMMODITIES.

In marked contrast to all the negro tribes inhabiting our territory, the tribes of the Bantu family settled to the north of the equator, namely, the Waganda and the Wanyoro, have brought commerce to a more advanced state of development, corresponding to their higher civilisation. Whether this progress is entirely due to their own initiative, or whether the trading expeditions of Arab merchants from Zanzibar and the permanent settlement of some of them in these countries, * Probably a Cynium.—G., S.