JUJA FARM; HIPPO AND LEOPARD 107 
blanket because he had no other garment; he got along 
quite well with the blanket excepting when he had to use 
the lawn mower, and then he would usually wrap the blan¬ 
ket around his neck and handle the lawn mower with the 
evident feeling that he had done all that the most exacting 
conventionalism could require. 
The house boys and gun-bearers, and most of the boys 
who took care of the horses, were Somalis, whereas the 
cattle keepers who tended the herds of cattle were Masai, 
and the men and women who worked in the fields were 
Kikuyus. The three races had nothing to do with one 
another, and the few Indians had nothing to do with any of 
them. The Kikuyus lived in their beehive huts scattered 
in small groups; the Somalis all dwelt in their own little 
village on one side of the farm; and half a mile off the 
Masai dwelt in their village. Both the Somalis and Masai 
were fine, daring fellows; the Somalis were Mohammedans 
and horsemen; the Masai were cattle herders, who did their 
work as they did their fighting, on foot, and were wild 
heathen of the most martial type. They looked carefully 
after the cattle, and were delighted to join in the chase of 
dangerous game, but regular work they thoroughly de¬ 
spised. Sometimes when we had gathered a mass of Ki¬ 
kuyus or of our own porters together to do some job, two 
or three Masai would stroll up to look on with curiosity, 
sword in belt and great spear in hand; their features were 
well cut, their hair curiously plaited, and they had the erect 
carriage and fearless bearing that naturally go with a sol¬ 
dierly race. 
Within the house, with its bedrooms and dining-room, 
its library and drawing-room, and the cool, shaded veranda, 
