These poison-hunters had unusual abil- 

 ity in interpreting and following the rhino's 

 wanderings . 



the Masai." Hence the natural and 

 inevitable corollary, " The Masai have 

 a right to any man's cattle." 



In their poison the Cheringani have 

 a very terrible weapon and they are 

 extraordinary in the suddenness of 

 their movements. The making of 

 the poison is a guarded secret. After 

 some months they were willing to 

 show me the tree it was brewed from, 

 but as to the details of its produc- 

 tion they were persistently silent. 

 As in the poison-making of other 

 lands, certain complicated rules must 

 be obeyed and customs followed. 

 The poison-maker must leave his hut 

 and his women-folk for weeks or 

 longer. He must live quite alone 

 and work alone. So much I learned. 

 The poison loses strength by keeping, 

 so much they admit. I am inclined 

 to think this loss is rapid. 



The Cheringani trade the poison 

 made by them to the surrounding 

 tribes. The Nandi, their neighbors 

 on the other side of the Nzoia 



Black rhinoceros head. The main aim of the expedition was to procure material for 

 black rhinoceros group in the American Museum 

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