Western field . htrod by their mothers. While her children are growing up anduntil her first boy goes to be a warrior, thewomans life is undeniably hard but afterthat easier times are encountered, for shethen goes to cook for the young warriorand his dito, leaving all other children athome to shift for themselves or to be lookedafter in a dilatory manner by the father,who considers it very bad form to show af-fection for them. The natural result of thissystem soon shows in the children who be-come veritable little imps; they areadepts at stealing food—which is necessary,for if they were not th
Western field . htrod by their mothers. While her children are growing up anduntil her first boy goes to be a warrior, thewomans life is undeniably hard but afterthat easier times are encountered, for shethen goes to cook for the young warriorand his dito, leaving all other children athome to shift for themselves or to be lookedafter in a dilatory manner by the father,who considers it very bad form to show af-fection for them. The natural result of thissystem soon shows in the children who be-come veritable little imps; they areadepts at stealing food—which is necessary,for if they were not the chances are theywould not get any. They torment their el-ders by playing tricks on them for whichthey are heartily cuffed and kicked if I knew took a particular fancy forshooting blunt arrows at the rear of a sleep-ing man; the third shot was a hit a howl the man seized that part whichhurt and glared fiercely about him, but couldsee no enemy for the little fellow disap-peared in the A MASAI MILKMAID. 268 WESTERN FIELD
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