UGANDA AND THE EGYPTIAN SOUDAN.

CHAPTEE III.

RUBAGA.

Chapter YI. of the first volume of this work contains a full account of the manners and customs of the Waganda, from the pen of Mr. Wilson, whose long residence amongst them specially qualifies him for such a task; and there is no necessity for me to touch upon that subject. But I must give a short account of my personal relations with King Mtesa, as his " Court Physician," during my three months' stay in Uganda.

On the day after our arrival a goodly number of people, of both sexes and of all ages, began to crowd round our compound to obtain a sight of the new arrivals ; and the broad well-kept streets were lined with a noisy gesticulating crowd, all curious and eager for a good look at the white men. They were dressed in the native " mbugu," or bark cloth.

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