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:\rASAl, TFlUvAXA, SUK, XAXDI, ETC. 



Thr sli'irhlt^ of the ^'audi. Liiiiiliwa, ami Kallla^ia aiv iiiiicli like tliose 

 (if tliP .Ma>ai. Sucli is the case also witli the Amlovobo when tlicy us(- 

 sliicUis. 'I'lic siinirs of the KaiiuiMa arc both loii<^- and short. The Ioiil; 

 ones arc exactly like the .Masai s]icar. The Naiidi of the west have siiiall- 

 hladeil. l.iiiu-liaiKllcil >|icar> which are like those of the Aii.loi-,,lio. TIk- 

 east(-ni Xandi liav'e Ion-, hi-oad-hladed spears something like those of the 

 east(-rn Masii. The ]S'andi -cnerally stab witli a spear inst,-ad of thiowniL;' 

 if. Thcv also carry clubs like thos(- of the .^h■lsai. and the s.anic shaped 



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\ ZINGIBERACEOUS BOOT WHICH VHiLDS A THICK BIRLJ-MMK 

 USEll UV THE .ANnOROBO FOB SMEARING BRANCHES, AXe 

 .VLSCKIIIl i.LUINC OX THE CE.VTHEKS TO AKH0H'-HE.\1 iS 



Aiat(J«- SHAKT \\ITH FEATHERS 

 GIA'EII O.X. 



swords with spatulate blades. All of these peoples use liows and ai'rows. 

 Some of the Andorobo bows are nearly fi\e feet in height. In thequi\ers, 

 arrows, poisoned and unpoisoned, and of several differenf kinds of head — 

 barbed n\- otherwise — are carried, together with the needful drills and 

 slips of wood for making a tire by friction. All the Nandi-speaking people 

 except the Andorobo make patterii. It is rough and unglazed, and is 

 inyariably made by the women. 



The men smelt iron ore and carry the pig-metal <.in doid<evs to the 

 \arious smithies. In part of the Nandi country the blacksmiths" work is 



