. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. '" llJILl. hair of goats, tlie lono; tails of the guereza monkeys, and the tusks of the wart-hog. Men mutilate their ears in the Masai style, practise circumcision, file tlieir teeth, and possess the habit of standing on one leg. They attach the same value to spitting as a charm and a sign of friendship, and imitate the Masai in tlieir weapons of war, such as spears, swords (sime), bows, arrows, knoljkerries, and shields. The w^arrior
. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. '" llJILl. hair of goats, tlie lono; tails of the guereza monkeys, and the tusks of the wart-hog. Men mutilate their ears in the Masai style, practise circumcision, file tlieir teeth, and possess the habit of standing on one leg. They attach the same value to spitting as a charm and a sign of friendship, and imitate the Masai in tlieir weapons of war, such as spears, swords (sime), bows, arrows, knoljkerries, and shields. The w^arriors also a,pe the J']l-Murau in the drinking of 1)lood, whitdi they obtain from the cattle, by piercing the jugular vein by means of the blocked arrow, as practised by their warrior neighbours, Mr. and Mrs. Routledge A Honey oriiiiinonteil with 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 Bland-Sutton, John, Sir, 1855-1936. London : Macmillan and Co. , Limited
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