Sultan to Sultan. Adventures Among the Masai And Other Tribes of East Africa
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A brass measiire, llke a strai^ht tumbler, called a kababa, which should legiti- mately bear upon it the offiical im- print of the Sultan, resembling the figure "8," holding about a pint of rice, is the accepted dole ; but in lieu of this, the headman of head- men will cleal out the portions by putting his two hands together and allowine the ofrain to rest within so that none of it falls over when he shakes his hands. The amount given to the men varies according to the rank of each man. Porters..., carrying the heavy loads, are paid the least and receive the smallest posJio ; the headmen, who are paid the largest price and never carry even their own mats, receive NATIVE SOLDIER. THE FIRST MARCH. 119 four to live times the amount of food or allowance, and iheir wages are in proportion larger. However, I was obliged to submit to the usage of the countr)-, beHeving it must hâve virtue from its time-honored existence. The small quantity of food that each man eats daily would seem hardly to suffice for the maintenance of his strength, but they as a whole are comparatively hearty and, as a ru le, thrive when on safari, and if treated fairly, seldom are sullen or murmur, unless it is very cold ; then they begin to ask for méat, and for // C/ more cloth, as they huddle, utterly miséra- ble, with teeth chattering, round their fires |/ in the open, sometimes the rain pelting furiously down upon their half-naked bodies.
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