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the handsome Elgumi people, a race with bhick skins but often with 

 handsome Caucasian features. The Elgumi speak a language wiiich is 

 related to Masai and Karamojo. They are singularly nude and do little to 

 adorn their heads or bodies. They are very fond of hunting and keep 

 many small dogs, but they are also agriculturists. 



The remaining section to be dealt with of the peoples in tlie Uganda 

 Protectorate which are allied more to the Masai group than anv other is 



47a. SLK ABUtT TO DANCE. (NOTK THE LlP-KlNli IN ONE .MA> 

 UPPER up) 



that which may be called generically Xandi. The Xandi, or proi)erly 

 speaking the " Nandiek," are a sturdy race of mountaineers which inhabits 

 portions of those u[)lands that are called the Xandi Plateau between the 

 slopes of ]Mount Elgon on the north-east and the \alley of the Nyando on 

 the south. Very closely allied with them are the Liimbwa (who call 

 themselves " Sikisi ") and the Sotik on the south, the Kamdsia (who call 

 themselves " El Tiiken '') on the north-east, the Ehjeyo, Mntei. and JajjUdeil 

 on the north-east, and the Elgonyi (Lako, ^'oma) and Sabei tribes on the 



