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would be poisoned, as Kafirs often revenge 

 themselves by poisoning the pets of auy one who 

 has offended them, but fortunately nothing of 

 the sort occurred. I feared the boy would be 

 a cripple for life, us nothing would induce his 

 parents to let him go to the hospital, but I 

 learned some months after that he was running 

 about as well as ever. 



It is strange what a dislike all Kafirs have for 



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that useful institution. They tell you it is ai 

 mushla, and that people never come out alive. 

 This belief may possibly be kept up by the fact 

 that they rarely go there till they are at death's 

 door. 



A young girl came to me one day with her 

 instep completely laid open, a most horrible 

 sight. She had been carrying a garrafad full 

 of water, had slipped, and the bottle had broken 

 over her foot. She was so decided not to go to 

 the hospital that I consented to treat it, and 

 after extracting all the broken glass, pressed the 

 wound into shape as well as I could, and applied 

 a lotion of permanganate of potash many times 



