138 MRULI TO MAGUNGO.

In Uganda the latter are chiefly worn; in Unyoro and Usoga the former. The huts are large, roomy, and, like all Unyoro huts, dome-shaped, but without pinnacles; in the inside they are divided into two parts. I slept in a somewhat larger square hut, and quite a crowd of people wanted to take up their quarters with me; it cost me ever so much trouble to make them understand that their company was not desired. When milked, the cow’s udders are washed with urine. In the enclosure big liver-coloured dogs were running about, and a large he-goat (it measured twenty-five inches at the withers). This goat seemed to be a privileged animal, for it was allowed to knock people down with impunity.

Beyond this place the country became more and more hilly, the ridges of the hills being covered with high grass, and the swampy valleys overgrown with date palms; the doléb palm is never seen. It appears to be very uncertain in the choice of its habitat. We pressed on through the high grass with great difficulty, being scratched and pricked on all sides, © so that, after a three hours’ march, we joyfully greeted the little village of Kituanga, where tolerable drinking-water was obtained. The few huts adjoined a neglected banana grove, and were surrounded by small fields of durrah and sweet potatoes. Thence a stiff march brought us to the village of Kokmiria, where was some water lying between granite and gneiss ledges.

As a long march lay before us, we broke up our camp early. There is not much to be said about these marches, for the scenery was almost invariably the same. It consisted of high grass, thin woods, and low swampy ground. Jebel Geisi was visible for a moment through the grass, when the sun had dispersed the morning mist. Crossing several watercourses, one of which was fringed by a splendid wood, we arrived about midday at our station of Kirdto. This station has been previously described. On the road I noticed upon a number of fig-trees quantities of broad-leaved pseudo-parasitic plants (Platycerium ?), just like those I had previously observed in Kabréga’s district. Owing to the persistent rain, I was unable to utilise my stay at Kiréto for making collections, although it abounds in material. : After a day’s stay at Kirdto we turned back towards