[90]. We had intended to reproduce this note in facsimile, but subsequent events have led us to think that to do so might cause danger to its writer.

[91]. Casa = Sp. house.

[92]. Cf. Ency. Brit. Edn. 1911, Vol. xxiii., p. 930, Article Ray.

[93]. Cock-bill. To put the yards “a-cock-bill” is to top them up by one lift to an angle with the deck. A symbol of mourning.—The Sailor’s Word-Book (Admiral Smyth, 1867).

[94]. See Man, vol. xvii. 1917, No. 88.


With a Prehistoric People

(The Akikúyu of British East Africa)

BEING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE METHOD OF LIFE AND MODE OF THOUGHT FOUND EXISTENT AMONGST A NATION ON ITS FIRST CONTACT WITH EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION

BY