A lion and a crocodile had a quarrel during which each claimed to be the stronger animal. The former said: “I can kill the fiercest buffalo,” to which the latter replied: “And I can kill the hippopotamus in the water.” The crocodile was basking on the mud near to the river’s bank where the lion was devouring a buffalo. Very quickly the crocodile seized the leg of the buffalo and pulled both that creature and the lion into the river, where they were drowned. This incident filled the crocodile with confidence, so that he soon began to boast of his strength, especially to the young son of the lion he had killed. Naturally the young lion was very angry, and ever in search of revenge, which he took one day when the crocodile attempted to play his old trick of pulling the young lion and his prey into the river. On this occasion the lion proved stronger, for not only did he haul out the crocodile on to the mud flats, but quickly settled him with blows from his powerful paws. Now the Baganda people declare that the lion and the crocodile are of equal strength, the former being king of beasts on land, and the latter sovereign of the river. Now we come to the closing scenes in the life of this interesting Baganda tribe. Sickness is never put down to natural causes, such as chills, overeating, or heavy drinking. It is always supposed that an enemy has worked magic against the sick man, and the medicine man of the tribe will usually bleed the patient in order to let out the evil magic. The body of the king is embalmed and buried with great reverence, and even for the most humble people there is respectful interment; methods which are very different from those adopted by the Masai and Akikuyu, who leave their dead to be devoured by hyenas. BOOKS FOR SCHOOL REFERENCE LIBRARY _Britain across the Seas_, by Sir H. JOHNSTON. _British Central Africa_, by A. WERNER. _The Baganda_, by the Rev. J. ROSCOE. _With a Pre-Historic People_, by W. SCORESBY ROUTLEDGE. _The Masai_, by A. C. HOLLIS. _The Nandi_, by A. C. HOLLIS. _Tribes of Northern and Central Kordofan_, by H. A. MACMICHAEL. _Northern Bantu_, by the Rev. J. ROSCOE. _Cook’s Handbook for Egypt and the Sudan._ _Last of the Masai_, by SIDNEY LANGFORD HINDE. _British Museum Guide Book to the Ethnographical Collections._ _Shilluk People_, by WESTERMANN. Transcriber’s Notes In a few cases, obvious omissions or errors in punctuation have been corrected.