TJ^liV' 



87i MASAI, TI'RKAXA, SUK, XAXDI, ETC. 



near cihin-U t.i kill them with arni\\s and spears. The people uf Xaiidi 

 stDck who li\e (111 the veri;e of the Suk eolliit TV Use a. noose as a i^ame 

 snare, which is similar to lliat employed bv the Turkaiia. Tlii> noose of 

 leather is earelullv liidden in a narrow i;anie track leadinj^- to water. It 

 is ]Hii^ed on a wooden rinu of a diameter sufficient to receive the loot ot 



ail elejihant. lll^id^^ the 

 I circumferi^nce of this 



hea\'v wooden rin,!4' are 

 fixed spikes of reed, the 

 sharp points of which 

 con\er^e to the centre 

 of the rint;. Under this 

 riiie' the ground is care- 

 full v hollowed. The 

 creatin'(_' — which may lie 

 anything from an ele- 

 jihant to a gazelle — puts 

 its foot throu<^li the wide 

 noose and down through 

 the converging reed- 

 s[iikes into the liole 

 l)elow. The focussed 

 spikes keep the wooden 

 ring on the foot, at any 

 rate until the struggles 

 of the animal have 

 tightened the leather 

 noose round the fetlock. 

 The end of this leather 

 noose is either fastened 

 to a very heavy log of 

 wood or else to a massive 

 tree-trunk. The creature 

 is thus more or less held 

 a prisoner until its human 

 f(jes can come up with 

 and despatch it with spears or poisoned arrows. Tlajugh this game snare 

 is particularlv characteristic lA the northern Nandi, Silk, and Turkana 

 people, it is nevertheless found throughout Eastern Africa from Nubia 

 down to till' vicinit\' of Xvasaland. 



All these tribes ;ire given to digging game-pits. A deeji trench is 

 dug in a game path. Tlie sides converge somewhat at the bottom. Long 



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