. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . hysical development has been arrested. The crops theyraise vary according to the fertility of the districts cultivatedby them. The Wakwafi of Taveta, who must not be con-founded with the true Wataveta, and those of Great and LittleArusha are very successful, whilst others elsewhere cangrow nothing but dhurra and eleusine. The great ambition ofthem all is, however, to add to their stock of cattle, and somecombine hunting, fishing, and the keeping of bees with tilling 4 AT NYEMPS tlie soil. Many of tliem
. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . hysical development has been arrested. The crops theyraise vary according to the fertility of the districts cultivatedby them. The Wakwafi of Taveta, who must not be con-founded with the true Wataveta, and those of Great and LittleArusha are very successful, whilst others elsewhere cangrow nothing but dhurra and eleusine. The great ambition ofthem all is, however, to add to their stock of cattle, and somecombine hunting, fishing, and the keeping of bees with tilling 4 AT NYEMPS tlie soil. Many of tliem still retain tlieir Masai prejudices ; itwould be, for instance, no good to offer a Leukop venison. The arms and ornaments of the Wakwafi differ in differentdistricts, and the people of Nyenips own bows and arrows andinferior spears only, resembling in form those of their neighboursof Suk and Turkana on the north. Some twenty years ago there were four Nyemps villageshere, but in consequence of troubles with the Masai and Suktwo were deserted, some of the inhabitants taking refuge on the. NYEMPS MDOGO. big island on Lake Baringo, whilst others wandered north toMounts Nyiro and Marsabit. The islanders soon lost the littlecattle they had been able to save, and now have to dependentirely on hunting and fishing. In the latter they appear tobe very successful, for they exchange the spoil of the lake fordhurra, with their comrades of the mainland. We saw no boats,and I fancy the islanders wade backwards and forwards, butas none of them appeared during our visit, I cannot speakpositively. THE PEOPLE OF NYEMPS 5 The people of JSTyemps cultivate nothing but dhurra, eleusine,and gourds. The dhurra is an inferior, reddish brown variety,and of the gourds we saw none, for they had all been eaten had been made to cultivate maize brought by traders,but they were not successful. The loamy soil, which soonbecomes perfectly hard again, even after heavy rain, makesagriculture very diff
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