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pipe, but it is not pleasant. The boy thought 

 himself bewitched. His eyes stuck out of his 

 head ; he gasped painfully ; he sank to the 

 ground ; he made desperate efforts to bolt out 

 into the brush. By main strength we restrained 

 him, and forced him to swallow the water. Little 

 by little he recovered. Next night I missed him 

 from the clinic, and sent Abba Ah* in search. The 

 man assured Abba Ah* most vehemently that the 

 medicine was wonderful, that every trace of 

 rheumatism had departed, that he never felt 

 better in his life, and that (important point) he 

 was perfectly able to carry a load on the morrow. 



