16 . DURE LO JR, trade in Unyoro depends, and has always depended, on Uganda, and this is the only explanation of the fact that neither Kamrasi nor his son Kabréga thought of retaliating for raids made by the Waganda upon their country.

The people of Magingo are of a black colour, through which, however, appears very distinctly a red ground-tone. ‘The men and women are on an average a little under middle height, and generally without any muscular development; they are all clothed in skins, which have been well beaten to render them soft, or in yellow bark-cloth. A round patch of hair crowns the otherwise smoothly shaven head, which is always uncovered. No tattooing is practised, neither are the ears or lips pierced. All, without exception, draw the lower incisors, many also the lower canines, but they could not give me any reason for this custom. The teeth are drawn when puberty is reached. As ornaments, they wear iron necklaces, bracelets, and rings of iron and copper, of various dimensions; special value is set upon copper. All Magungo are passionate fishers and hunters ; their arms consist of spears, wickerwork shields, bows, and strong, smooth, unbarbed reed arrows, covered with a poisonous paste, and iron-headed. The fishing appliances are very well described by Baker, as are also the nets for trapping game. Amulets of all kinds are greatly prized; every man carries pieces of roots, curiously formed bulbs, and segments of goat’s horn filled with small roots and made into a necklace. In order to unveil the future or determine questions of difficulty, fowls are killed and their entrails examined by the Maganga (magician). No chief will return by the way he has come. The time of new moon is fraught with magic power, in consequence of which the common people celebrate its appearance with music and clamour, the chiefs with hecatombs of fowls. If any one wishes to marry, he purchases his wife from her father. Four oxen for beautiful girls and three oxen for less lovely ones is the conventional price. A sheep is given into the bargain, and is usually eaten at once. If the wife bears a child, two oxen are presented to her father, who may kill them. If she has no children, and is therefore sent back by her husband, she is entitled to two oxen, and two are returned to her husband. The wedding is celebrated with dancing and