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MASAI, TURKANA, SUK, NANDI, ETC. 



the fet tail is not cavried to such a development as among the Baliima or 

 in Southern Africa. Great care is taken of the lambs and kids till they 

 are about a month old. They are suckled by their mothers twice a day,. 



454. MASAt SHEEP 



but in the interval and during the niglit are usually kept apart in round,, 

 beehive huts of open basketwork and thatched roofs, these huts being- 

 raised on poles about two feet above the ground. When the lambs and 

 kids grow older, they are allowed first of all to wander freely about the 



