Text Appearing Before Image: some African tribes, so the work of agriculture and stock raising do not conflict, but each man or family engages in one or both industries as suits the taste. These people are not numerous when the extent of their territory is considered; in fact, large areas are practically uninhabited. They make their homes mostly along the streams, or in the mountains where there are numerous small fertile valleys suitable for agriculture. The people of the eastern lages consist of a group of conical huts made of grass and sticks, with the whole surrounded by a brush barrier or zeriba, made of thorny sticks placed so close and thick that no hyenas or other unwelcome animals can get through. One narrow opening is left for the villagers and their herds to go in and out, but a stack of brush is placed near by to close this opening at night or in case of alarm. They cultivate little tracts of land here and there, and some years raise considerably more than they use. The crops are yams and a species of Egyptian corn. Text Appearing After Image: WA-TAVETA WOMEN. part are seldom seen near the railroad, only coming there when they have some cattle or sheep to barter with their neighbors. East of the Athi river the tribe have developed a few different traits, but are still a close friend of the western division—or rather the two western divisions, for they are divided by a considerable stretch of country. The Kikumbulin division live south of the Kibwizi river. There are no very large villages and they seem to be scattered through the bush and hills in an indiscriminate manner. Small villages are often seen very close together. These vil- It is either a feast or a famine as far as the crops are concerned, and if it were not for their flocks they would often bei n distress. They have large flocks of sheep and goats pastured on the land not used for cultivation, but of cattle there are very few, for their watchful neighbors, the Masai, always have an eye on them and when cattle get too numerous come over and borrow some for their own use. I
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Text Appearing Before Image: some African tribes, so the work of agriculture and stock raising do not conflict, but each man or family engages in one or both industries as suits the taste. These people are not numerous when the extent of their territory is considered; in fact, large areas are practically uninhabited. They make their homes mostly along the streams, or in the mountains where there are numerous small fertile valleys suitable for agriculture. The people of the eastern lages consist of a group of conical huts made of grass and sticks, with the whole surrounded by a brush barrier or zeriba, made of thorny sticks placed so close and thick that no hyenas or other unwelcome animals can get through. One narrow opening is left for the villagers and their herds to go in and out, but a stack of brush is placed near by to close this opening at night or in case of alarm. They cultivate little tracts of land here and there, and some years raise considerably more than they use. The crops are yams and a species of Egyptian corn. Text Appearing After Image: WA-TAVETA WOMEN. part are seldom seen near the railroad, only coming there when they have some cattle or sheep to barter with their neighbors. East of the Athi river the tribe have developed a few different traits, but are still a close friend of the western division—or rather the two western divisions, for they are divided by a considerable stretch of country. The Kikumbulin division live south of the Kibwizi river. There are no very large villages and they seem to be scattered through the bush and hills in an indiscriminate manner. Small villages are often seen very close together. These vil- It is either a feast or a famine as far as the crops are concerned, and if it were not for their flocks they would often bei n distress. They have large flocks of sheep and goats pastured on the land not used for cultivation, but of cattle there are very few, for their watchful neighbors, the Masai, always have an eye on them and when cattle get too numerous come over and borrow some for their own use. I
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