VIII 
THE MASAI 
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would trample a white man to death allow themselves 
to be banged and bullied and shouted at by children 
who hardly come up to their noses. 
The Masai love their cattle very much. Each cow 
is known by name. As the cattle feed on grass the 
Masai love it on this account. In times of drought 
the women fasten grass to their clothes and pray. In 
A Masai Bull. 
The cattle are humped like the Zebu. Oxen without humps 
the Masai treat with disdain. 
a fight grass is used as a sign of peace. They castrate 
their bulls in the following manner :—The operation is 
performed on bulls from two to four years. The animal 
is cast by means of leather thongs ; the feet are tied and 
the wives hang on to the thongs and hold its head down. 
The cutting instrument is a knife or arrow-head set in 
a handle. These things are made by the smiths from 
