136 IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA chap. 



for a photograph. In honour of our arrival he 

 collected a body of youths, in the full panoply of 

 their Kikuyu ceremonial dress, to dance before us. 



" WAMBUGU .... THE LOCAL CHIEF .... READILY 

 CONSENTED TO POSE FOR A I'HOTOGRAPH." 



They looked very weird and quaint, as their bodies 

 were all smeared over with white clay, which had 

 been removed in rippling streaks by the hnger of an 

 artist. The dark brown skin accordingly showed 



