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tribes who were raided by them in the days of their 'J ' 
power have not been slow in making reprisals for the i 
murdering and plundering of days gone by. . * 
At the present time it is estimated that this tribe in . 
British East Africa do not exceed 25.000: “The Rift , 
Valley and the high plateaus where the fierce blood¬ 
thirsty Masai once reigned supreme are becoming ' 
colonised by white settlers.” Hollis, in his admirable ;' 
monograph on this tril)e, asks the pertinent question : 5* 1 
Will the Masai alter his habit or cease to exist ? 1 1 
Thoughtful and experienced men, who have carefully it j 
studied this question, are of the opinion that any plan 'pj 
of leaving the Masai to themselves, with their old V | 
military and social organisation untouched, is fraught ; 
with clanger to the tribe as well as to the public I 
peace. ! 
Hinde, S. L., I A ii 
and \The Last of the Masai. London, 1901. ■ | 
IliNDE, H. (Mrs.)J » 
Hollis, A. C. The Masai: Language arid Folk-lore. Oxford, , 
1905. ' 1 
Stordy, R. J . ‘‘ Emasculation of the Bull by the Masai Tribe,” ; 
Veterinarian, 1900, 525. ' 
Thomson, J. Through Masailand. London, 1885. ■ 
,, Flu. An African Romance. 2 vols. London, ! 
