Lilongwe 



until at last I struck and refused to see him any 

 more. Natives are just like children, and have to 

 be treated the same way. Franco ran a long thorn 

 into his foot, which lamed him for nearly a week. 

 The permanganate poultices that brought it out so 

 pleased him that he used to come and ask me for 

 crystals with which to treat his friends. 



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