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are very fond of little pieces of raw meat which they cut off and devour 

 after killing an ox. As to the Andorobo, they are quite capable of 

 eating a beast raw and whilst it is still warm-blooded. An illustration 

 which is given on p. 3 of Chapter I. shows a party of Andorobo eating 



494. HOUSE OF NOMA PEOPLE (ELGONYl), OF SOUTH ELGON 



up in this fashion a female waterbuck, very much, no doubt, as our most 

 remote ancestors devoured slain bison 200,000 years ago. 



All these people, except perhaps those of Mount Elgon, are like the 

 Masai in their love of blood as an article of food. They periodically bleed 

 their cattle, and drink the blood hot. or else mix it with porridge. The 

 women of all these tribes do not eat fowls, and neither men nor women eat 

 eggs. As amongst most negro races, the men feed alone, and the women 

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