MASAI LAND. 
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hour together to some unseen Being called Ngai (God, or 
the heavens). He heard also that the place of Ngai was 
among the eternal snows of Kilimanjaro, or that the 
thunders of Dunyo Engai (an active volcanic mountain) 
were His voice. 
It is very pleasing to think of Moran at this period 
reclining under a bush or standing watchfully over his 
flock with one foot brought up to his knee, and sup- 
ported by his bow, trying to penetrate the great problem 
as to the where, whence, and whither of life. We can 
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imagine him, appealing to his father to learn something 
about his origin, and this I believe is — among other 
stories — what he was told. The primal ancestor of the 
Masai was one Kidenoi, who lived at Eonyo Egere 
(Mount Kenia), was hairy and had a tail. Filled with 
the spirit of exploration, he left his home and wandered 
south. The people of the country, seeing him shaking 
something in a calabash, were so struck with admiration 
at the wonderful performance that they brought him 
