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A COLONY IN THE MAKING 
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so used to our threats as to treat them entirely as bluff 
—consequently their poison was for the most part stale 
and our losses consequently much fewer than they 
would otherwise have been. 
The Nandi are the hereditary enemies of the Masai, 
and certainly, as far as one can judge, had none the 
worse of the frequent encounters between the two 
tribes. On the plains the numbers of the Masai 
would seem to have given them an advantage in their 
traditional method of warfare ; but where there was 
cover and the bow could come into use the Nandi 
at least held their own. 
Like the Masai, Turkana, and Suk, the young 
Nandi men are organised as a special class of warriors ; 
and in the past they have undoubtedly regarded raiding 
and war as essentially the business to which they had 
been born. From a settlers point of view, however, 
the future of the tribe is less a cause of anxiety than is 
the case with the Masai. Unlike the latter, this tribe 
have always had a tendency towards agriculture, and 
this tendency is growing every day. It is not, perhaps, 
too much to hope that before long the Nandi may 
become entirely agricultural and pastoral, and further 
that when their own Reserve gets filled up, they may 
provide a further source from which outside labour 
may be drawn. 
The Wa-Kamba form to my mind the intermediate 
link between the sons of Esau and the sons of Jacob. 
They inhabit the basin of the Athi and the large Kitui 
district, and have during the last few years increased 
in numbers and extended considerably. Apparently 
the tribe have never been aggressively warlike, but 
when attacked have defended themselves with success 
both from the Masai to the north-west and the Gallas 
