MASAI, TURKAXA, SUK, XAXDI. ETC. syi 



art- very fond of little pieces (,f raw meat which tliev cut off and devour 

 after killing an ox. As to the Andoroh,,. they are quite capable of 

 eating a beast raw and \vhil>t it is still warni-iaooded. An ilbistrati,.u 

 which is given .,n ],. 3 of Chapter I. sh.iws a pa,rtv of Andorobo eating 



494. HOUSE OF NOMA PEOPLE (ELUO.WI), Ot' SOUTH ELGON 



u\) in this fashion a fi'male waterhuck, \erv much, no doubt, as our most 

 remote ancestors devoun^d slain bison 200.000 vears ago. 



All these people, except perliaps those of ]Mount Elgon, are like the 

 ^lasai in their love of hlood as an urticli' af food. They periodically 1 deed 

 their cattle, and drink the lilood hi>t. or (dse mix it with porridge. The 

 women of all these trilies do not eat fowls, and neither men nor women eat 

 eggs. As anrongst most negro races, thi' men feed alone, and the women 

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