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trees where they joined five eland who were standing 

 in the shade. All of them proved to be cows, but 

 while looking them over I spotted among the impalla 

 a marvelous ram with a very good head. Taking my 

 7 mm. Mauser I made a careful stalk, using a small 

 ravine to hide my movements. Getting up to within 

 two hundred fifty yards, I crawled out of the 

 donga to behind a small bush and from there was 

 successful in bringing down tliis prize with the first 

 shot. He proved to be a fine specimen, so I had old 

 Maniki carefully prepare him for my collection. 



The shooting stirred up a large family of monkeys. 

 These noisy little fellows are more difficult to catch 

 than one would think, and chasing them certainly 

 affords plenty of exercise. After a good deal of tree 

 chmbing and running about, we were successful in 

 capturing three young ones, wliich we later took back 

 to camp for pets. 



During our absence some Masai women had made 

 a visit to the camp, inviting us over to the manyatta 

 for a special dance, their only request being that we 

 bring some sugar along. We drove over hoping to 

 secure motion pictures of the event, and, while waiting 

 around came to the conclusion that the Masai were 

 great behevers in personal adornment. The women 

 constantly carry around with them large quantities of 

 copper and iron wire coiled about their arms, necks 

 and legs. A fully outfitted Masai woman will have as 

 much as thirty-five pounds distributed over her body. 

 The men also decorate themselves to a small degree, 

 stretching their ear lobes to enormous sizes, in order 

 to retain such articles as strike their fancy. We met 

 one such gentleman who was a collector of rare orna- 



