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the same glitter of high lights from their fine- 

 textured skins. Even in this chilly climate they 

 were nearly naked. One carried a spear, the 

 other a bow and arrow. 



Joyously we uprose and sat down again. 

 We had provided an excellent supply of pro- 

 visions for our guides ; but on looking over the 

 lot they discovered nothing absolutely noth- 

 ing that met their ideas. 



" What do they want ? " we asked Leyeye in 

 despair. 



" They say they will eat nothing but sheep," 

 he reported. 



We remembered old Naiokotuku's promise of 

 sending us sheep, sneered cynically at the faith 

 of savages, and grimly set forth to see what we 

 could buy in the surrounding country. But we 

 wronged the old man. Less than a mile from 

 camp we met men driving in as presents not one, 

 but two sheep. So we abandoned our shopping 

 tour and returned to camp. By the time one 

 of the sheep had been made into mutton it was 

 too late to start. The Masai showed symptoms 

 of desiring to go back to the village for the 

 night. This did not please us. We called them 

 up, and began extravagantly to admire their 

 weapons, begging to examine them. Once we 



