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Identifier: throughugandatom00purv (find matches)
Title: Through Uganda to Mount Elgon
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Purvis, John Bremner
Subjects: Ethnology Missions
Publisher: London (etc.) : F. T. Unwin
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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Here we meet the little King David, a boy of
eleven years, who succeeded Mwanga, and al-
though the "Lubiri," or reed-fenced enclosure of
the King, has much the same appearance as in
the old days, yet the moment we have been
announced by the King's official drummer and
passed through the various courtyards into the
inner court, we perceive the great change
which has taken place.
A snug-looking, brick-built bungalow has
taken the place of the reed and grass mon-
strosity inhabited by Mwanga; and the visitor
is ushered into a scrupulously clean sitting-room,
very simply furnished after the European style.
There is no longer the sight of dirty, wicked-
looking loungers, popping up from every corner
like vermin from their holes; or the continual
sound of lewd and ribald songs, discomforting
the visitor but giving pleasure to the King,
who was quite capable of delaying his presence
in order to impress the European. The shy,
pleasant-faced lad who now bids us welcome
has been trained in a different school and is
doing credit to his teachers.
Text Appearing After Image:

KING DAVID LEARNING THE MYSTERIES ON A KODAK.
155

King David 157

Simply dressed in the flowing Arab robe which
has been adopted as the dress-garment of all
the chiefs, the boy-king carries himself with
dignity, which on occasion he can shake off,
and enjoy as any other lad a game of footer
and hockey, or a spin on his Sunbeam cycle.
He is also fond of riding his pretty little white
pony: to European eyes a more dignified
method of transit than the native custom of
sitting astride the shoulders of a huge Muganda.
His education was begun by a native school-
master under the direction of a missionary of
the C.M.S. ; but the British Government has
for some years past provided him with an able
English (Scotch, surely !) tutor, a graduate of
Cambridge. Under him Daudi has made rapid
strides in all the elements of a sound education,
and is especially proud of his ability to under-
stand and converse in English.
On the same hill and in the King's enclosure
is the native parliament house, where the chiefs
assemble to discuss the condition of the country
and promulgate laws, which may or may not
receive the sanction of the British Governor.

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