GLIMPSES OF EAST AFRICA AND ZANZIBAR 



go off with joy, in full war-paint, feathers and lions' 

 manes, carrying spears and shields and, what was 

 very comical in several cases, their beloved um- 

 brellas, to help against their old foes the Nandi. 

 I took photographs of them as they passed my 

 bungalow, but the light is not good in Nairobi for 

 instantaneous photography, so they were not a 

 success. 



We were in another of their reserves on two of 

 our safaris, and I had a good opportunity of seeing 

 some of their kraals. As their cattle eat down the 

 pastures, they move their belongings on to another 

 spot ; consequently we saw on every high mound 

 an empty kraal, it being in a fine position for 

 watching their flocks, and seeing the surrounding 

 country. Their kraals are built in a circle and are 

 composed of oblong huts, several being joined to- 

 gether, about six feet high, with a small doorway 

 to each. Inside there might be three partitions or 

 rooms, in the first usually the stones and ashes of 

 their fire. They sleep on skins piled on brushwood ; 

 the houses themselves are made of sticks and brush- 

 wood and covered over with mud and cows' dung, 

 making them flat, even and water-tight. All this 

 labour is done by the women, who have to work 

 very hard. 



The openings between the sets of huts are closed 

 up with branches at night to keep out wild beasts. 

 In the centre there is another circle, made by a 



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