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hurrying towards me as fast as possible. Kvidently one of 

 my men, growing uneasy at my long absence;, had wished to 

 inform himself of my safety from a distance. Thus he had 

 seen the warriors, and had instantly alarmed the camp. 



Unfortunately it was not possible-, though we searched 

 lor hours, to find the (31 Morani, and enter into relations 

 with them. It is difficult for a civilised man to form 



any idea of the highly developed capability acquired by his 



desert-ranging brother of victoriously encountering all the 

 obstacles of his inhospitable abiding-place, and of mastering 

 and setting at naught all its terrors. 



The cleverness with which the Masai folk manage even 

 the biggest droves of cattle, the skill and rapidity with 

 which they drive them, were brought home to me by the 

 following incident. 



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