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Uganda by Pen and Camera

lovable, quiet little fellow, and there is every hope that he will grow up a Christian man.

It is scarcely necessary to add that it is earnestly hoped that Christians in England will continually remember him in their prayers, the influence of the king being so very great in such a country. I would ask the same for his cousin, who goes by the title of the Queen-sister, who is shown here being carried on a man’s shoulders, the usual mode of locomotion on great occasions, not only for her, but for the king as well. She was brought up in the C.M.S. mission school as a Christian, but a recent disagreement with the head chief on the question of her fiance has resulted in her going over to the French R.C. Mission. Her name is Yunia. She does not live in the king’s palace, though she is a constant visitor there.

The Baganda are a very clever people, intelligent, though with rather crude ideas