. Discovery of lakes Rudolf and Stefanie; a narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring & hunting expedition in eastern equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888. DESCRIPTION OF ELMOLO 111 five natives, who resembled in appearance the Burkeneji (Wakwafi) and spoke their language. Their only ornaments were made of bark, and worn on the neck, arms, and legs. Their sole weapons were spears of an inferior qualit}T, shaped like those of the Wanyiro already described. They called them- selves Elmolo, which is a name borrowed from the Gallas dialect, and means, as does Ndorobbo in Masai, poor devil.
. Discovery of lakes Rudolf and Stefanie; a narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring & hunting expedition in eastern equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888. DESCRIPTION OF ELMOLO 111 five natives, who resembled in appearance the Burkeneji (Wakwafi) and spoke their language. Their only ornaments were made of bark, and worn on the neck, arms, and legs. Their sole weapons were spears of an inferior qualit}T, shaped like those of the Wanyiro already described. They called them- selves Elmolo, which is a name borrowed from the Gallas dialect, and means, as does Ndorobbo in Masai, poor devil. We learnt from them that all three islands are inhabited, the largest by Eandile, the other two by Eeshiat and Burkeneji, so that. LANDING THE HIPPOPOTAMI. within a very short distance of each other dwell three totally different tribes. There are about 200 or 300 Elmolo altogether, and they support themselves by fishing, which must be very fruitful of results, for though they neither cultivate cereals nor obtain them by barter, they did not look as if they suffered from scanty diet. They were ignorant of the use of tobacco. We were off again towards four o'clock, and a little before five we camped in the north-eastern corner of the southern end. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Höhnel, Ludwig, Ritter von, 1857-1942; Teleki, Samuel, Székigrof, 1845-1916; Bell, Nancy R. E. Meugens, "Mrs. A. E. Bell,". London, Longmans, Green and Co.
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