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minutes without smiling, that man should at once 

 apply for six months' leave on medical certificate. 

 To me India without crows w^ould be as insipid as 

 lamb without mint sauce. I grant that the crow is 

 a wicked bird, but his wickedness is of the attractive 

 picturesque type. 



Those who like not to read of villainies had better 

 studiously avoid these chapters. To such I would 

 recommend a book called " Sanford and Merton." 



