Show I 1 A bace with many of the tile virtues and of the tile vices of A more remarkable remarkable or unique raco race than the massaia massais Alas sais doos not exist on the continent of africa indeed j faight tA ight safely say I 1 in the two hemispheres in their physique u e manners und customs and religious e 1 ivious beliefs they are distinct alike from the true trite and from the galla and somali they are the most magnificently modeled i e I 1 d adages E I 1 have h ave seen or even read of beautifully proportioned they arc ar f characterized by the smooth and rounded outline of the apollo apoll type rarely showing the knotted and brawny muscles of the irue true athlete lete the women are very afy de centhy dressed in bullocks hide wile they wear by by the way of ornament from front twenty to thirty pounds if if thick iron wire coiled round the litah arms and neck bes idesa great assortment of beads and find iron chains the men wear only a email small kid skin garment round the shoulders and breast that being of somewhat more wore ample a 1 dimensions amoo among the Tir dmd ue n the mIr characterize the various epochs 1 in i the life history of thle ih e alaba ali a ts a jhc thc bays an n d girla up to 6 a certain ain a age 9 e live with their parents an and d leed u upon P on curdled anjil milk meat mea t 0 and gra gram n atthe at the ago of twelve with wid I 1 t the he girls i rs ad 1 from twelve to veara vears wi with th the boys they tire aut from the married mens kraal to one in which there ore are only young unmarried men and women there they live till the are arz barned mai briw tuela coupat 4 1 alitt I 1 eil efting abroad ves at af home bome rhe you y huyg mg women attend to the cat tie i I 1 build itie the butrand but sand perform other n necessary household hou behold duties both sexes are on the strictest diet absolutely so sol lutey 9 nod and milk tobacco or v ta 16 00 are a alike eschewed so 1 peculiar indeed are that bat they will not eyen even eat meat oi of any wild au ima t the meat and milk are r neve r together for P or one is their sole so jeet diet to be followed boythe oythe at G ot other her ater alce 1 r par a r aking g ofa of a powerful on flodd ra ran V which w doubtless supplies them liht wahid wi hid necessary salts baits in catine ineat rs cat V chev always retire to the forest in small aries accompanied by y a rodn young woman so dourthe ali warrior find his ite it e that he seldom marries till lie has palsied th eprime of life and begina begins to find his bia strength decline ahe athe gret ar spear and b heavy eavy buffolo hide shield the sword and the knob kerry are then laid aide aside for a month mouth be dorit dons the dress of ii nn woman and then be comes a staid and respectable member of masai society 11 he e goes no more to war wart but devotes himself to the the rearing r of a brood of young warriors his diet changes with hw mode of life and he may indulge in vegetable food drink beer or spirits and smoke or chew tobacco at death the body is simply thrown out to tho the hyenas and vultures from aLec turi joseph thompson |