. An ivory trader in North Kenia; the record of an expedition through Kikuyu to Galla-Land in east equatorial Africa. With an account of the Rendili and Burkeneji tribes . THE CAMP AT BUYING FOOD AT MARANGA. (See page 54.) FROM THE TANA TO MBU. 53 stalks of the same plant are known as metama mtindi. Ndizi (bananas) are also extensively cultivated, but wenever ate any, as they are never allowed to ripen. Thenatives pluck them while they are green and hard, and roastthem in hot ashes. When cooked they have the appearanceand taste of a floury potato, though with a slightly astringentfla
. An ivory trader in North Kenia; the record of an expedition through Kikuyu to Galla-Land in east equatorial Africa. With an account of the Rendili and Burkeneji tribes . THE CAMP AT BUYING FOOD AT MARANGA. (See page 54.) FROM THE TANA TO MBU. 53 stalks of the same plant are known as metama mtindi. Ndizi (bananas) are also extensively cultivated, but wenever ate any, as they are never allowed to ripen. Thenatives pluck them while they are green and hard, and roastthem in hot ashes. When cooked they have the appearanceand taste of a floury potato, though with a slightly astringentflavour. Wild honey was procurable in moderate is called assala, evidently derived from the Arabic wordfor the same substance, assal. The Masai name forhoneyis naischu, the word generally used in Kikuyu. At certainseasons of the year the staple diet of the natives is kundu (beans), of which we saw two varieties, viz. maragua, asmall white bean like a haricot, and baazi, a black beanwhich grows in pods on a small tree like a laburnum. Theyalso grow several kinds of gourds, named respectively* mumunye, which resembles a vegetable marrow in sizeand appearance, kitoma, a small, r
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