^ A Race of Warlike Shepherds : the Masai 



who knew him, no lonc/er in civilised garl), but smeared 

 all over with red ochre, his hair thrown lono; and worn 

 in i)laits with a sort of jji^tail — " ol daiga," as they call 

 it — dripping with grease, in company with another Masai 

 in full war-paint. W'hen the astonished spectator inquired 



A MASAI AND HIS OX 



what all this meant, he replied in the best Berlin German : 

 '' I have decided to go back and live among my own 

 people." 



I shall never forget the answer one of my Masai 

 friends vouchsafed to one of my carriers, who was struck 



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