a08 UGANDA AND THE EGYPTIAN SOUDAN.

sticks with bits of calico attached to the top are placed near the grave. A funeral of a person of the better class is conducted with much the same ceremonies as in Egypt. "When on a journey a Moslem always carries with him his grave-clothes, and sometimes a man may be compelled to inter himself, for in the desert his companions may not be willing or able to wait until he dies. On one occasion I saw a man partially buried, and then heard what is usual in such circumstances. When a man feels that his last hour is approaching, he performs his ablutions with sand. He then scoops out a hole in the sand, wraps himself up in his grave-clothes, a large sheet, covers himself as much as possible with sand, turns his face towards Mecca ; then, taking a last look at the sun, draws a cloth over his face, and quietly waits for death. The drift sand may perhaps complete his burial, but more often his body is eaten by hysenas or other wild animals. To return to funerals in towns or villages. The grave is generally a trench six or seven feet deep, with the place for the head arched over with brick or wood, for it is thought that two angels, Munkar and Xekur, come and examine the dead man the first night that he lies in his grave. The body is placed in the tomb, lying on the right side, with the face looking towards Mecca. Some of the bystanders place a little earth on the body, which is then bricked over or covered with wood, and the grave filled up with