interests, for up to the year 1898 there was invariably a war going on somewhere, in which the Baganda were implicated. People almost always date their birthdays and other special events by saying, ‘It happened in the year of such and such a war.’
The cathedral at Namirembe has been erected entirely at the cost of the natives, who have already expended considerably over £400 on it, and are doing still more. When the brick church was first suggested the natives held a council, and it was decided how much each member of the Church could afford to pay. All agreed that they would pay the share considered to be their due, and the money was very quickly promised, to the amount of over £700. It must be borne in mind that the Baganda are poor people ; not one of the chiefs could be called really wealthy. This church is built of brick, and the inside of the roof very beautifully
