APPENDIX, 519 sticks; the trough is then covered with banana leaves, and the mixture allowed to stand for an hour or two. It is then taken out, and the liquor strained through sieves made of grass into large bottle gourds, being then ready for use, and forming a sweet, nonintoxicating, pleasant drink.

To make mwénge, the above decoction is set aside for three days, when it ferments and becomes a slightly acid and refreshing drink, but it is very inebriating. Malwa and mlamba are made by simply adding a definite quantity of boiled millet seed to the mubisr, setting it aside in large earthenware jars, and stirring it from time to time for two or three days. No substances are added to any of these drinks to change their flavour.

These drinks are never stored; they are made as required, and consumed by the evening of the fourth day. If the mwénge be bottled and kept in a cool place for a couple of months, it tastes — very much like champagne.

Mrisa is a drink made from durrah ; it is largely used throughout the whole of the Egyptian Sudan. The grain is allowed to ferment, the liquor is then boiled and cooled, and set aside for two days before use.—R. W. F. ; Maprypa.—This instrument consists of twelve to twenty pieces of hard resonant wood, which are scooped out in the middle and laid upon two parallel logs. It has the greatest compass of any musical instrument in Uganda. It is played by two performers, who squat on each side of it, and strike the logs with drumsticks. A chord of four notes can be played at once.—R. W. F.

ManGata, also called meso, is the only game, properly so called, which the Waganda know. It is played by two people, upon an oblong board containing thirty-two holes in four rows of eight each, the players having a certain number of counters, which may be either stones, beads, or coffee-berries. Hach player places a certain number of counters in his two rows of holes, and the game, which is a very complicated one, and requires a considerable amount of calculation, consists in trying to obtain all the stones belonging to the opposite player. ‘The counters are redistributed in turn, and on stopping at a hole, a player may, under certain conditions, take the opponent’s counters out of the two holes opposite. It is a most fascinating game, and the people will sit for hours playing at it. It is so difficult, however, that I was not able to learn how to play it myself. It is probably not a native game, but may have been introduced from the east coast, where a somewhat similar game called Bao is played by the Arabs and the Suaheli.—R. W. F.