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filing along a mountain j)ass with their big shields and great spears flash- 

 ing iu the sun, tlie red clothes contrasting with their black skins, is a fine 

 sight, and one not to be seen outside the Dark Continent. 



The arras are also of Masai model ; the spears have long narrow blades, 

 often 2 or 3 feet in length by 2 to 3 inches wide; there is a spike .'5 to 4 

 feet long at the butt, and the wooden handle between only a foot or so 

 in length. The blades are l)eautifully made and ])olished, and with 

 their cimes or swords bear witness to the skill of the native black- 

 smiths. The cim«5s have blades l* to 3 feet l(mg by H to 2 inches iu 

 width, also carefully ])olished. 



The oval shields are of buffalo hide, 3i by 2 feet, and painted with 

 the heraldic pattern of the country to wliidi they l)cl<»ng. Many nations 



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House in Marang. 



Mt. Kilinia-Njaro, East Africa. 



(From photoBni pli iii V. .«. N. M. ■ 



now carry guns, often the Snider l)reechloader, but they are wretched 

 shots, not having the slightest idea how to take aim. In fighting they 

 generally throw away their guns after the first volley and fight with 

 their spears. In Machame and Rombo, where there has been but little 

 intercourse with strangers, the nati\'es are poorly armed with small and 

 indifterent spears and oval shields 3 feet h)ng, of rhinoceios hide. Some 

 few natives carry bows and i)oisoned arrows, but excepting a colony of 

 Wa Kamba settled at Maiulara's they are very poor shots. 



There are no villages; each family lives by itself, in one or more huts, 

 with a granary and some sheds, surrounded by banana plantations 

 (Fig.6). Each Avife has a hut to herself. A house is about 15 to 20 feet in 

 diameter and 10 to 12 feet high, beehive shape, built of grass over a 

 framework of sticks (Fig. 7.) In Machame the roof is built of banana 

 fronds and is umbrella-shaped; the walls are i)erpeiulicular and about 4 



