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off short, but on getting out the other we discovered 

 that it was absolutely decayed away and in a putrid 

 mass for over eighteen inches inside the skull. This 

 must have given him frightful agony, and was no 



"SHK WAS PLACED IN TRIUMPH ON HIS BACK." 



doubt the reason why he was so fierce and attacked 

 us so unprovokedly in the early morning. 



We also had two of the feet cleaned out, which is 

 by no means an easy matter, but as the natives like 

 the sinewy flesh there was some competition for this 

 task. We lost the feet later on, as will be seen in 

 another chapter. 



