XI THE MASAI AND OTHER TRIBES 231 
as cattle cannot thrive without good pasture, it is 
not unnatural to find that they have a great 
reverence for grass. They also worship a Supreme 
MASAI WARRIORS. 
Being whom they call N’gai, but this term is 
also applied to anything which is beyond their 
understanding. 
Perhaps the most curious of the customs of the 
