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lying between Kilima-njaro and the Nyanza, who may 
turn out possibly to resemble the Doko who inhabit 
a portion of the almost unknown regions stretching 
between Abyssinia and Masai-land. There are also 
curious helot tribes living in serfdom with the Masai 
and the Galla, and speaking the languages of their 
masters, though they are said to retain independent 
tongues of their own. Such are the Wa-boni (also 
known as the Wa-sania, Wa-dahalo, Wa-ta, Juwano, 
Alangulo, &c.) who live in the vicinity of the Sabaki, 
Tana, and Ozi rivers, also on various parts of the 
coast between Malindi and the River Jub. Then, 
also, there are the Endorobo (a Masai term, probably 
En-dorobo, “the short, stumpy, inferior”), the El- 
konono, a tribe of blacksmiths. The Wa-boni (their 
very name is foreign, as may be seen by the Swahili 
prefix Wa-) live among or near the southern Galla 
tribes, and are often plundered by these tyrants. They 
are chiefly hunters, practise no agriculture, and keep 
few domestic animals but dogs. In physical type, 
judging by the few specimens I have seen in the vici¬ 
nity of Lamu, I should call them very unlike the Galla. 
They are sooty black, undersized, and very negroid in 
their features, with woolly hair. M. Greffulhe, a French 
merchant who had come in contact with them while 
living and trading in their country, was kind enough 
to furnish me with a few words of their language, 
which I insert in a foot-note. 3 The reader will see 
3 English. 
Wa-boni. 
Galla. 
1 . 
Koi 
Toko. 
2. 
Lama 
Lama. 
3. 
Sadi 
Zadi. 
4. 
Afur 
Afur. 
5. 
San 
San. 
6. 
Li (Masai, He) 
Dya. 
7. 
Toiba 
Torba. 
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