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blanket because he had no other garment; he got along 

 quite well with the blanket excepting when he had to use 

 the lawn mower, and then he would usually wrap the blan- 

 ket around his neck and handle the lawn mower with the 

 evident feeling that he had done all that the most exacting 

 conventionalism could require. 



The house boys and gun-bearers, and most of the boys 

 who took care of the horses, were Somalis, whereas the 

 cattle keepers who tended the herds of cattle were Masai, 

 and the men and women who worked in the fields were 

 Kikuyus. The three races had nothing to do with one 

 another, and the few Indians had nothing to do with any of 

 them. The Kikuyus lived in their beehive huts scattered 

 in small groups; the Somalis all dwelt in their own little 

 village on one side of the farm; and half a mile off the 

 Masai dwelt in their village. Both the Somalis and Masai 

 were fine, daring fellows; the Somalis were Mohammedans 

 and horsemen; the Masai were cattle herders, who did their 

 work as they did their fighting, on foot, and were wild 

 heathen of the most martial type. They looked carefully 

 after the cattle, and were delighted to join in the chase of 

 dangerous game, but regular work they thoroughly de- 

 spised. Sometimes when we had gathered a mass of Ki- 

 kuyus or of our own porters together to do some job, two 

 or three Masai would stroll up to look on with curiosity, 

 sword in belt and great spear in hand; their features were 

 well cut, their hair curiously plaited, and they had the erect 

 carriage and fearless bearing that naturally go with a sol- 

 dierly race. 



Within the house, with its bedrooms and dining-room, 

 its library and drawing-room, and the cool, shaded veranda, 



