12 UGANDA AND THE EGYPTIAN SOUDAN.

said he ; and immediately after lie was seized with

nausea ; I also was slightly unwell. They had

tried the effect of an internal application, and no

mistake ! When I next saw the king, I charged

him with mixing the lotion with the wine, but he

steadfastly denied it ; nevertheless, when I asked

for the bottle, I found it nearly empty.

Children seem to be the same in their tastes and

habits, all the world over. One day, as I was

coming from the palace, I was attracted by a group

of boys playing in the road ; and, on going to see

what they were doing, I found them busily en-

gaged in making mud-pies ; but instead of ordinary

mud-pies of all shapes and no shapes, some of the

children had made a capital model of the palace

;

there was the hill on which it stands, and the

fences and huts all complete, even the flag-staff in

the palace-yard was not forgotten, a piece of straw

being stuck up to represent it. I was much struck

by the orderly, quiet behaviour of the children in

Uganda. I had few opportunities of inquiring into

their training ; but when I came in contact with

them, their obedience and attention to the wants of

their elders made a very favourable impression on

me. They would sit quietly on the ground, listen-

ing to the conversation, not dreaming of disturbing

it by remarks of their own, but ever ready at the

slightest sign to fulfil the wishes of their father or

his guests.