^{page 188 note 1} The Pokot (sing. Pechon, or Pochon) are better known as Suk, a nickname to which various origins have been attributed.

^{page 188 note 2} I should like to express my gratitude to Professor Forde for granting me leave of absence from University College, to the International African Institute for the loan of a camera, and to the University of London for a generous grant for photographic equipment.

^{page 188 note 3} West Suk is an administrative district; large areas to its east and west are occupied by pastoral Pokot.

^{page 190 note 1} M. W. H. Beech (The Suk, their Language and Folklore, 1911, p. 13) reports that the Pokot ‘claim to have copied [their head-dress] from the Karamojo’, and this in spite of the fact that Beech was living among the eastern pastoralists who have Turkana and no Karamojong neighbours.

^{page 192 note 1} Or aperit.

^{page 192 note 2} See p. 194.

^{page 193 note 1} The following are some of the more usual signs, Names are given to the intestines, for example, names of rivers: Murugn, Iyon, Chessera, Koibon, Suam, Konianga.

Every one of these intestines will be examined for signs. Black spots indicate rinderpest. They are the crows and birds of prey which hover over the dying cattle. A white line ending in a red spot is a long file of enemy warriors coming to raid the Pokot. A large round spot is a grave and is a sign of sickness among human beings. According to the ‘river’ where these signs have been found the locality of the event is ascertained.

^{page 193 note 2} They are members of the latest colour section.

^{page 195 note 1} These are the seat of the mukulogh, which directs a man's conduct.

^{page 195 note 2} The amuro is the ritually important right hind leg of the ox.

^{page 196 note 1} The Pokot use the word kor, which, in this context, means a province. The visitors who were most feared came from Baringo and Kurut, whose distance from the western pastoralists of the Suam area endowed them with geographical and politico-ritual distinctiveness.

^{page 197 note 1} Ostrich feathers are greatly appreciated as they are worn by the warriors going to a dance or to war. When feathers are scarce men have been known to exchange an ox for just enough feathers to decorate their head-dress.

^{page 197 note 2} The aeroplane is compared to sound. It flies so fast that only the marks under its wings can be seen, and these are identified with the sound of its motors, Its head is white (propeller?), it has no horns, and it too fast for the children to see it.

^{page 199 note 1} Kilomin, an envious person.

^{page 199 note 2} Many different terms are used here. The distinction between (1) and (2) is clear. In the first case we may be dealing with a person who has committed an involuntary offence. In the second the man is a professional witch.

^{page 199 note 3} Tilil. This may be better rendered by ‘blessed’. A man is tilil when he is lucky and popular. See p. 200.

^{page 201 note 1} The most prized is the kamar which has one horn pointing forward and one backward.

^{page 202 note 1} Praise name for ox with outspread horns.

^{page 202 note 2} The Pokot word for it is kiripko but it has been abandoned in favor of the karamojong equivalent akipiret.

^{page 203 note 1} See p. 200.

^{page 203 note 2} This will be discussed in a later paper.

^{page 205 note 1} This is the generic appellation of both Karamojong and Turkana. It is always used by the hill Pokot, seldom by the pastoral section of the tribe who are well aware that this derogatory term also applies to them.

^{page 205 note 2} Ceremony, really circumcision ceremony.

^{page 205 note 3} Centre of the eastern irrigation Pokot.

^{page 205 note 4} On the River Suam (Turkwell).

^{page 205 note 5} This resembles the rites of purification after the birth of twins and after serious illnesses attributed to evil spirits.