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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA 



CHAP. 



restrictions which he was obliged to practise as a 

 moraii are now no longer observed, and he may 

 drink, smoke, and take snuff as much as he likes. 

 He usually takes full advantage of this and indulges 

 in all three pretty freely. He also dearly loves a 

 gossip, and talks by the hour with his friends over 

 past prowess and exploits in the days of their 



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"carry all 



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 THE DONKEYS." 



warriorhood. He does not do any work, although 

 he sometimes goes out with the cattle and helps the 

 boys to tend them. 



The real work of the nianyatta falls on the old 

 women, who do all the fetching and carrying and 

 cleaning up. It is their duty when seeking fresh 

 pastures to carry all the household goods which 



