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butler. His beer and food were regularly brought. His drum was beaten, and these living ghosts of chiefs came into the presence of the ghost of their deceased monarch, bending low before the spirit, and thus the strange pageant of giving glory to the dead is kept up.

Truly a part of the whole passionate longing of mankind to be immortal, and of that deep craving expressed in so many and such various ways, in all ages and countries, comes out here in the court and homage paid to the dead Kabaka. I ought not to say "dead," for it is not polite in Buganda to speak of the king, or other persons of position, as having died — people must say "agenze," he is gone.

Of Mutesa it is difficult to give an accurate judgment. To say he was great would be hardly true, but to say that he showed some fine qualities, and that he was, in spite of his clogging surroundings, a man who sought after better things, is to give him no more than his due

Some of his acts showed a certain breadth of view His institution of a market, and his endeavour to encourage the missionaries in bridge building, by giving them the right to levy toll on foot passengers who made use of their bridges, were indications that he wished to advance. His generally courteous treatment of all Europeans, and his forbearance, with myself for example, showed a generous spirit. I knew he disliked my intruding religion on him ; I did not know the language well enough to put it in a humorous or amusing manner, even if I had possessed the wit to do so ; and as Mutesa