ief was excessive, but Naku, with her loving ways, assisted him to
bear his great misfortune. A period of mourning, for an entire moon,
was enjoined on all the people, after which a great mound was built at
Kagoma over the remains of the unfortunate princess, and Sebarija was
duly installed as keeper of the monument. Ever since that day it has
become the custom to bury the queen-mothers near the grave of Wanyana,
and to appoint keepers of the royal cemetery in memory of Sebarija, who
first occupied that post.

While he lived Sebarija was honoured with a visit, on the first day of
every alternate moon, from Kimyera, who always brought with him a young
buffalo as a gift to the faithful cowherd. During these days the king
and Sebarija were accustomed to play their flutes together as they did
in the old time, and their seats were on mats placed on top of the
mound, while the escort and servants of the king and queen sat all round
the foot of it, and this was the manner in which Wanyana's memory was
honoured during her son's life.

Kimyera finally settled with Queen Naku at Birra, where he built a large
town. Mugema and his wife, with their two cows Namala and Nakaombeh,
lived near the palace for many years, until they died.

Darkness and Wood-burr accompanied the king on many a hunt in the plains
bordering the Myanja, in the woods of Ruwambo, and along the lakelands
which look towards Bussi; and they in their turn died and were
honourably interred with many folds of bark-cloth. Queen Naku, after
giving birth to three sons, died during the birth of her fourth child,
and was buried with great honour near Birra, and finally, after living
to a great old age, the hunter king, Kimyera, died, mourned by all his
people.

CHAPTER TEN.

THE LEGEND OF THE LEOPARDESS AND HER TWO SERVANTS, DOG AND JACKAL.

The following legend was also told by Kadu as we approached Isangila
cataract.

Long ago, in the early age of Uganda, a leopardess, in want of a servant
to do chores in her den, was solicited by a jackal to engage him to
perform that duty. As Jackal had a very suspicious appearance, with his
ears drawn back, and his furtive eyes, and a smile which always seemed
to be a leer, the Leopardess consulted with Dog, whom she had lately
hired as her steward, as to the propriety of trusting such a
cunning-looking animal.

Dog trotted out to the entrance of the den to examine the stranger for
himself, and, after close inspec