CHAPTER XV 



THE MASAI 



During our journey through Laikipia we came 

 across many Masai manyattas and met a number 

 of the proud and warHke people who dwell in 

 them. Abbudi was always ready to talk about 

 his nation, and as he strode along beside Aladdin 

 he never tired of telling me endless tales of 

 their various acts of prowess, and of warlike 

 expeditions in which he himself had taken part. 

 In the course of our many marches together I 

 was able to glean from him much interesting 

 information as to their peculiar manners and 

 customs. 



The Masai have already been so fully and 

 scientifically described by such writers as Thomson, 

 Hinde, Hollis, Merker, and others, that I can make 

 no claim whatever for relating anything that is new, 

 but will merely give a few details which either came 



