The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

| of reeds With matched roofs, the latter
being upheld by poles Every hut
by walls of mating and bark cloth.
Even the poorest house has two apart
ments. one at the front and the other
in the rear In the rear apartment
the people sleep. Such huts have but
| little furniturc; two or three stools. n
4 half dozen earthenwaro pots and some
wicker or grass basins constitute an
| outht for beginning married life. and
If In addition woman can have hoe
or so and a scythe she is full ready to
assume her part of the contract
AS to food. the chief staple is the
banana. There are many varieties of
these in Uganda, and they are more
and corn are to ours. The banana.
| which serves as the chief food, is
much longer than any that comes into
our markets. 1t is sort Of planta,n.
1t is eaten green. the fruit being first
peeled and then cooked with a little
water in an earthenware pot. AS 1t
steams away the flesh softens and soon
becomes. solid mass of mush., When
done 1t is taken off the fire and turned
out upon seine fresh banana leaves.
These serve as tablecloth. The FAM
| lily now gathers around and gets ready
/ for the meal. Each first washes his
hands and gives them shake to get
off the superfluous water. The father
then takes u knife and divides the pile
of banana pulp into as many divisions
as there are members at the board.
In the meantime a bowl of soup or
| fish gravy has been placed inside the
ring. This is used in common. Each
person takes up handful of banana
mush and kneads 1t into ball just
big enough for one bite. He then dips
the ball into the soup. and with a
to his mouth without dropping bit
!. OF the grease. BY the time the banana
, mush is all eaten up the soup bowl is
empty.
These people also have Indian corn,
peas. beans, and sweet potatoes. They
: raise chickens, sheep. and goats, and
: occasionally have meat. They do not
!. seem fond OF eggs, and the women are
+ not allowed to eat them after they are
married. They are not permitted to
eat chicken or mutton, suoh viands be-
ing reserved for the men of the family
:, They may, however. eat beef or veal
, Tho Baganda have fish from Lake
Victoria and from their numerous
streams. They eat locusts and are es-
> pecially fond Of white ants. The ants
) about nightfall and trapping them as
| they come out They are eaten both
r raw and cooked. I see them for sale
| in the markets. One can buy hand
. for rupee. The ants are wrapped
3 up in banana leaves when taken away
!, These people are now making sugar
2 from cane. They are growing toMa.
toes and twenty different kinds Of
peas and beans. They use many roots
much like spinach. l see little fields
{ of tobacco here and there. The sol
: is as red as that of Cuba and tht
l plants grow without much cultivation
!. The tobacco is used for smoking ant
! is consumed by both men and women
G They gather coffee from the Wild tree
$ and chew the pulp. but SO FAR have no
e learned to use it as drink
New Market In Africa
ell Since the British have taken posses
h sion of Uganda they have introduces
n many kinds of food which are pecom
: creating market here for Europea'
h goods. Some of the natives are nov
t using tea, and jams and biscuits ar
: gradually coming into demand TN
I pie. and especially among the chief
s who buy these things to serve at thei
S teas or dinner parties. Another artl
e Gle which is becoming common Is IN
a umbrella. Both women and men US
$ it, and I often see crowd Of a doze
or so well-to-do natives going aion
.. with umbrellas in their hands
), Within the past few years the mis-
e sionaries have taught many OF the "a
e ganda to write and a demand for VIII
5 ing paper has been created. The PEG
e pie want cotton goods and. as / hay
y said before they especially like GU
G American sheeting. Little stores ar
: now springing up in the more thicki
h populated centres, and there are
| score or so of such establishments her
y and at Entebbe.
M Indeed, the British are gradual
II making a new nation Of the Bakands
Only few years ago these peopi
We're warning with their neighbors an
y enslaving the tribes about Mutes
|. had "a large army and his predecessor
Il had many wars. Justice was the
- practically unknown and human III
q was of no account. The people had II
u incentive TO work.
+, To a large extent suci, condition
N prevail to-day, but the people war
at bigger houses and better houses. INC
4 are beginning to use kerosene, ana III
s, huts of the chiefs are lighted by lamp
20 Some now have little patches OF CA
,e pet and not n few are buying Turn
ture. Our shoes and stockings are bf
s.. ginning TO DO worn. and the desire Il
re all foreign things Is becoming an II
o. centive to work SO far this NOV
~ ment is slow, and tho low wage
'k amounting to only A or cents u IA
~ al the best, are not very stiinulatlni
ie AS time goes on this VIII change an
rs there will some day be u good worl
- ing population In this rich and fertl
~ country,
= SO far It has been the government