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 engaged 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, listening 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.