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tribes who were raided ):)y tlieni in tlie days of their 

 power have not been slow in making reprisals for the 

 murdering and plundering of days gone by. 



At the present time it is estimated that this tribe in 

 British East Africa do not exceed 25,000: "The Rift 

 Valley and the high plateaus where the fierce l)lood- 

 thirsty Masai once reigned supreme are becoming- 

 colonised by white settlers." Mollis, in his admirable 

 monograph on this trilje, asks the pertinent (pestion : 

 Will the Masai alter his habit or cease to exist ? 

 Thoughtful and experienced men, who have carefully 

 studied this question, are of the opinion that any plan 

 of leaving the Masai to themselves, with their old 

 military and social organisation untouclied, is fraught 

 with danger to the tribe as well as to the j^ublic 

 peace. 



HiNDE, S. L., "j 



and .-The Last of the Manai. London, 1901. 



iliNDE, H. (Mrs,)J 



HoLLls, A. C. The Masai : Lanquatjn and Folk-lore. Oxford, 



190.5. 

 Stouijy, R. J. "Emasculation of the Bull liy the Masai Tribe," 



Veterinarian, 1900, 52.5. 

 Thomson, J. Through Masailand. London, 1885. 



,, Ulu. An African Romance. 2 vols. London, 



1888. 



