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frankly tucked up about the neck or under the 

 arms when the wearer happens to be in haste. 

 As a matter of fact these savages are so beauti- 

 fully and smoothly formed ; their red-brown or 

 chocolate-brown skin is so fine in texture, and 

 their complete unconsciousness so genuine that 

 in an hour the newcomer is quite accustomed to 

 their nakedness. 



These proud youths wander mincingly down 

 the street with an expression of the most fatuous 

 and good-natured satisfaction with themselves. 

 To their minds they have evidently done every last 

 thing that human ingenuity or convention could 

 encompass. 



These young men are the dandies, the proud 

 young aristocracy of wealth and importance ; 

 and of course they may differ individually or 

 tribally from the sample I have offered. Also 

 there are many other social grades. Those who 

 care less for dress or have less to get it with can 

 rub along very cheaply. The only real essentials 

 are (a) something for the ear a tomato can will 

 do ; (6) a trifle for clothing and for that a scrap 

 of gunny sacking will be quite enough. 



The women to be seen in the streets of Nairobi 

 are mostly of the Kikuyu tribe. They are pretty 

 much of a pattern. Their heads are shaven, 



