. The Uganda protectorate; an attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley and between the first degree of south latitude and the fifth degree of north latitude. African languages; Natural history; Ethnology. EANTU NEGEOES 589 entered these lands at different periods in remote and relatively recent times, and which in the modified and more negroid form of the" Bahima oonstitutes the aristocracy to-day of al

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. The Uganda protectorate; an attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley and between the first degree of south latitude and the fifth degree of north latitude. African languages; Natural history; Ethnology. EANTU NEGEOES 589 entered these lands at different periods in remote and relatively recent times, and which in the modified and more negroid form of the" Bahima oonstitutes the aristocracy to-day of all the lands between the Victoria. 333. A I'AT-TAILEU SHEEP EllOM UXYORO Nile on the north and Tanganyika on the south. The " muchwezi, " or priest, who conducts this worship of ancestral spirits (each tribe or clan has its own ancestral spirit, who is sometimes confused with the totem) is equivalent to the sorcerer, medicine man, or witch doctor so common everywhere in Negro Africa. But besides the accredited priest of the clan, many individuals may set up to be doctors in white or black magic. More will be said about the religious beliefs of the Banyoro when the Bahima aristocracy are dealt with in the latter part of this chapter, since the Bahima seem to have largely developed the religious beliefs -and practices of the aboriginal Negroes. The ferocious thunderstorms which occur in Unyoro, as in most other parts of the Uganda Protectorate, are not unnaturally associated somewhat specially with the manifestation of spiritual power. Cases of people being struck by lightning are far from uncommon, and whenever such an event occurs it is a signal among the Banyoro for a great ceremony connected with .the worship of the " Bachwezi." The individual killed by lightning is not moved from where he fell dead, but nine witches or old women are sent for.* These old women surround the body on all sides, each of them holding a spear which is pointed downwards towards the