whether the water is quite pure or not. If there is no better within reach, they will drink the muddy water, and be thankful for that. Hence Mtesa, until he heard of Christianity, partly embraced Mohammedanism; but Mohammedanism in Uganda is not what people imagine who read of it as practised by Arabs and Persians. We know many Mohammedans who never pray at all: we know many who are drunkards. They are only Mohammedans in name, and, were our staff of missionaries sufficiently great, it would not be long before there would be no more even so-called Mohammedans in Uganda, for they are not bigoted, as people suppose. They chiefly hold to that faith because it allows polygamy and a great deal of licence in other respects which Christianity forbids.
As is common with most African races, women are looked upon as slaves. They are made to provide food for the family, to
