PER: 12 which, under the name of bwéra, are sold at a high price, and are a favourite article of dress among the chiefs, being arranged as a mantle over their bark cloths. These leather materials, however, are certainly not durable. Antelope skins of different kinds are used more by the country people, especially for bedding; they prefer the handsomely marked skins, or those with long hair, such as Zragelaphus scriptus or Hydrotragus Speku. The skin of an otter (Lutra), here called ngonge, _which is very expensive, and only procured with great trouble, is in great request among the northern Bantu. Of a dark brown colour, it has a peculiarly elegant appearance, owing to the snow-white tips of the hairs, especially on the back of the head, the nape of the neck, and the shoulders. It is said, also,. that a man who wears a piece of this skin needs no other aphrodisiac. Strips of the skin are formed into pretty bracelets, and are also a favourite trimming for the gaily painted sandals made of buffalo hide; such bracelets and sandals are also exported to the far south. The skins of Colobus guereza, which is not infrequently found in Unyoro and Usoga, are also much prized. The skins are black, with long white hair on the back and a white tuft on the tail, and they are specially used in the decoration of guitars, spear-heads, sheaths, and drums. The beautiful goat-skins of Usdga, which remind one of Angora goats by their long smooth hair, are likewise an article of commerce. The goats from which these skins are procured receive great attention, even in their own country, being protected from rain and dirt, and living specimens are very unwillingly exported.

It is generally known that there is very little salt in these countries, and that the people have to procure it from ashes or even from cow’s urine. It is not surprising, therefore, that where it does exist in this region it becomes the object of an extensive and flourishing trade. This is the case with the salt found at Rejaf, which is exported into the district of the Bahr-el-Ghazal, and with that from the eastern shore of the Albert Lake, which supplies the whole country between the lakes -to a considerable distance south. The extraction of salt from concentrated lye has been described by Baker; it comes into the market wrapped in banana leaves, in long packets containing four to eight pounds each, and is in particular