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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
Now lie proceeded to a distant kraal, in which were none 
but young, unmarried men and women. To keep up his 
dignity and supply him with food, his father supplied 
him with a number of bullocks. Reaching the kraal, our 
young friend found himself among a large number of 
splendidly built young savages — indeed the most mag- 
nificently modelled men conceivable. And here let me 
for the moment pause in my story to indulge in a passing- 
word of description. 
There is, as a rule, not one of the El-moran under six 
feet (I am speaking of a superior clan). Their appear- 
ance, however, is not suggestive of great strength, and 
they show little of the knotted and brawny muscle 
characteristic of the ideal Hercules or typical athlete. 
The Apollo type is the more characteristic form, pre- 
senting a smoothness of outline which might be called 
almost effeminate. In most cases the nose is well raised 
and straight, frequently as good as any European’s 
(though passing into the negro type in the lower class, 
such as Wa-kwafi). The lips also vary from the thin 
and well-formed clown to the thick and everted. The 
eyes are bright, with the sclerotic whiter than is common 
in Africa. The slits are generally narrow, with a Mon- 
golian upward slant. The jaws are rarely prognathous, 
while the hair is a cross between the European and the 
negro, rarely in piles, but evenly spread over the head. 
Hair is scarcely in any case seen on the face or any part 
of the body. The cheek-bones are in all remarkably 
prominent, and the head narrow both above and below. 
The teeth and gums of almost every one are such as I 
have already described, though I think I have neglected 
to mention that the two lower middle incisors are ex- 
tracted. Tattooing is not practised, though every Masai 
is branded with five or six marks on the thigh. 
Such are the main characteristics of the El-moran ; 
but before we resume our narrative, let us note a few 
facts about the young damsels — the Ditto — who are soon 
to be flirting with our hero. 
Happily facts support the verdict of gallantry when I 
say that they are really the best-looking girls I have ever 
