CHAPTER XXXIII.

THE TRIBES OF THE GRASS-LAND.

The Wahuma: the exact opposite of the Dwarfs: their descendants--Tribes nearly allied to the true negro type--Tribes of the Nilotic basin--The Herdsmen--The traditions of Unyoro--My experiences of the Wahuma gained while at Kavalli--View of the surrounding country from Kavalli camp--Chiefs Kavalli, Katto, and Gavira, unbosom their wrongs to me--Old Ruguji’s reminiscences--The pasture-land lying between Lake Albert and the forest--The cattle in the district round Kavalli: their milk-yield--Three cases referring to cattle which I am called upon to adjudicate--Household duties of the women--Dress among the Wahuma--Old Egyptian and Ethiopian characteristics preserved among the tribes of the grass-land--Customs, habits, and religion of the tribes--Poor Gaddo suspected of conspiracy against his chief, Kavalli: his death--Diet of the Wahuma--The climate of the region of the grass-land 384