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by this he bewitched their cattle, which at the time 

 were dying in scores from rinderpest. So in- 

 stigated no doubt by the all-powerful witch-doctor 

 they treacherously killed him. For my part, 

 however, I found them not nearly so black as they 



"THE WOMEN OF THE \VA KIKUYU CARRY THE HEAVY LOADS." 



had been painted to me. I had about four hundred 

 of them working at one thing or another at Nairobi 

 and never had any trouble with them. On the 

 contrary I found them well-behaved and intelligent 

 and most anxious to learn. 



As is the case with all other African races, the 

 women of the Wa Kikuyu do the manual labour of 



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