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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA 



CHAP. 



springs whenever a change is considered desirable 

 or necessary. All the Rendile whom I came across 

 could speak both Somali and Masai very well, but 

 they have a language of their own which somewhat 

 resembles Somali. 

 In habits and cus- 

 toms, and in the 

 method of build- 

 ing their huts 

 and bomas, they 

 follow the lead of 

 the latter, and have 

 but little in com- 

 mon with the cus- 

 toms of the Masai 

 or Samburu. Un- 

 like the Somali, 

 however, who are 

 Mohammedans, the 

 Rendile appear to 

 have no relioion. 



I saw here im- 

 mense herds of 

 camels, which these people breed principally for 

 transport and food purposes. They consider the 

 flesh of the camel a great delicacy, and drink 

 quantities of camels' milk. Indeed, they brought 

 me presents of huge jars filled with it, but we 



" THESE JARS ARE MADE IN VARIOUS SIZES." 



