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THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO 



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that of distorting the lobe of the ear by stretching 

 it until it hangs down quite five or six inches. It is 

 then pierced and decorated in various ways by 

 sticking through it a piece of wood two or three 

 inches in diameter, or a little round tin canister, and 

 by hanging to it pieces of chain, rings, beads, or 



MASAI WOMEN. 



bunches of brass-headed nails, according to fancy. 

 Nearly all the men wear little bells on their ankles 

 to give notice of their approach, while the women 

 are very fond of covering themselves with large 

 quantities of iron or copper wire. Their limbs, 

 indeed, are often almost completely encased with 

 these rings, which I should think must be very 



