. Le Baganda . GARÇONS ET FILLE 1 TENUE HABITUELLE. Promotion serait certain. Dans d'autres cas, un garçon resta avec son parent, jusqu'à ce que la guerre éclate, quand il l'accompagna sur l'expédition, et peut-être se distinguait-il lors de l'affrontement. Beaucoup dépendaient du garçon lui-même : s'il était inactif, il pourrait passer inaperçue et ne jamais se lever pour être de n'importe quel autre côté qu'un paysan. Une fois qu'un garçon avait gagné la faveur avec l'achief, il pouvait obtenir des barkbelettes ou les moyens de les acheter.d'autres garçons, qui étaient moins intelligents, ont rapidement trouvé leur niveau asassistants aux paysans, prenant part à la fabrication de barkbelt, clôture II NAISSANCE, PETITE ENFANCE, ET PUBERTÉ

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. The Baganda . BOYS AND GIRL 1 USUAL DRESS. promotion would be certain. In other cases a boy remainedwith his relative, until war broke out, when he accompaniedhim on the expedition, and perhaps distinguished himself inbattle. Much depended upon the boy himself: if he wasidle, he might go unnoticed, and never rise to be anythingmore than a peasant. Once a boy had gained favour with achief, he could obtain barkcloths or the means to buy them.Other boys, who were less clever, soon found their level asassistants to peasants, taking part in barkcloth making, fence II BIRTH, INFANCY, AND PUBERTY 77 making, and house building, while every time their turn cameto supply food for the over-chief, they had to carry it to himto the capital. Boys had a free and happy life while thetime of herding lasted ; they met together daily, and whilethe animals browsed, they had ample time for all kinds of. FIG. 17.—BAGANDA BOYS WRESTLING. games. Their chief game was the throwing of a stick(kubariga); the stick was fairly stout, and about eighteeninches long; each boy was armed with two such sticks, andtook turns in throwing them. The players marked a line atwhich to stand, and threw the sticks with such force that, when one struck the ground on its end, it went end over endfor some distance. The boy whose stick fell short of the 78 THE BAGANDA CHAP. Wrestlingand othergames. Others had to pick it up and throw it at the stick of one ofhis opponents ; if he struck it, well ; but if he failed, theother boy. took up his stick, and with it struck a blow at thestick which had failed to hit it, and tried to break the latter ;then they all threw again. Those who were the most skilledalways sent their sticks flying to a safe distance, out of dangerfrom their antagonists. The national game was wrestling ; this was indulged in bymen and boys alike ; even the King frequently took part in

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