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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA chap. 



we were visited by the local chief, named Njeroo, 

 arrayed in a gorgeous headdress made of the black 

 and white long-haired skin of the collabus monkey. 

 He was of a crafty and cunning-looking type, and 



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his appearance gave one the impression that 

 treachery and rascality were inborn in him, but of 

 course one cannot always judge by looks, and he 

 may have been a very decent fellow. 



