180 T A VET A AND MOUNTS KILIMANJARO AND MERIT 



measure, sprang at regular intervals into the air. When we had 

 watched the dance for about an hour, Miriali called us aside 

 that we might see him put on his gala costume. This toilette 

 was by no means a simple affair. First he donned a long scarlet 



Arabbernouse com- 

 ] pletely covered with 

 gold tinsel ; over 

 this he put a red 

 I general's coat, also 

 plentifully adorned 

 with gold lace, 

 which had some- 

 how found its way 

 from America to 

 Marangu. He then 

 fastened below each 

 knee a Masai or- 

 nament, made of 

 colobus skin ; on 

 | his shoulders he 

 J placed a fine collar 

 of vultures' feathers, 

 and on his head 

 a broad - brimmed 

 straw hat trimmed 

 with bright red 

 bendera, and with 

 two Ions; white 

 a Kilimanjaro warrior. ostrich feathers. 



The get up was 



completed by the winding of some eleven yards of bendera 

 round and round his body. Like all great people, Miriali has 

 his flatterers, and his magnificent toilette was performed to the 



