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1903 a prisoner in the Seychelles Islands, where he received an allowance of some one hundred rupees per month from the British Government. He wrote letters at various times entreating his chiefs to pity him and get him restored to his throne, but could find no sympathy. The country on the whole was only too glad to be rid of him, though we know perfectly well there are many who would have been very glad to see him restored, and, with him, the old state of things. Their hopes have, however, been destroyed, as Mwanga died in the Seychelles in May, 1903. He was born in 1866, and was only eighteen when Mtesa died. Mtesa appointed him as his successor. The eldest son was not necessarily heir to the throne. Each king was, as a rule, appointed by his predecessor. Mwanga and Kiwewa were the only two sons of Mtesa allowed out of prison. All the others were kept in captivity, so that when the new king came to the throne,