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THROUGH TUEKANA AND SUK 



jumping about, accompanied by obscene gestures and a long- 

 drawn out liowl of hu — hu — hu ! In many respects the 

 Turkana resemble the Nile tribes of Lango, Djur, Shilluk, and 

 Nuer, with which they are pretty closely related. 



The Turkana at present occupy the whole of the district in 

 the immediate west of Lake Rudolf, the southern boundary 



being formed by the 

 middle course of the 

 Trrawell river. Their 

 neighbours on the west 

 are the Karamoyo, a 

 tribe very nearly con- 

 nected with them. Some 

 fifty years ago the Tur- 

 kana owned part of the 

 land on the west now 

 occupied by the Kara- 

 moyo, whilst the south- 

 ern portion of their land 

 belono'ed to the Bur- 

 keneji. The Karamoyo 

 drove the Turkana fur- 

 ther east, and the 

 Turkana, in their turn, pushed the Burkeneji towards Sam- 

 buruland. The Turkana have triumphed over all their neigh- 

 bours, and stand in awe of none but the Karamoyo. 



Timid people would be anything but comfortable in Tur- 

 kana. Fortunately we were not troubled with nerves, and 

 therefore the wild goings on in camp did not affect us much. 

 Now some warriors would dash down upon us as if to make a 

 hostile charge, and then there would be no end of noise and 

 confusion over the purchase of some goats, the loud ' he he ' of 

 the natives resounding through the camp as if a fight were 



TURKANA WOMAN. 



