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conceive of anything more insanitary than disposing of the 
dead in that way. Some chiselling had to be done in one case 
he photographed before the coffin could be got on the slab; 
but this burial place was, fortunately, two miles from a 
town. He related many instances of blood feuds and the life 
of the bandits, who after a deed of revenge generally flew to 
the mountains out of the way of the gendarmes. It was the 
women of Corsica who sang the revenge song and urged their 
children to deeds of vengeance for injuries received. One of 
his guides always carried a loaded gun because he apprehended 
some danger from a nephew whom he was supposed to have 
wronged. To those who desired to visit Corsica he suggested 
that they should not. while there, go out in their ordinary 
tourist dress, but should dress as the people of the place dressed, 
for then they would excite less curiosity and would enjoy 
greater freedom in their movements. 
The President mentioned that for six years, during the early 
campaigns of Nelson, Corsica was actually in our possession 
and administered by us, and so they had a special reason for 
wishing to know something about that romantic island. 
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