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two other natives, probably shot by me when 1 

 fired into the ruck of them. We burnt the village, 

 buried the remains of poor Blue Euin, and collected 

 the skeleton of the anthropoid. The king's head I 

 kept as a memento of my wonderful escape. 



I heard afterwards that the neighbouring tribes 

 had seized the fugitives from the village when my 

 adventure became known, and had sold them into 

 slavery. So the only thing I had to regret was 

 the death of the Kruboy ; but a good " dash " re- 

 conciled his relatives to his loss. I was shortly 

 afterwards attacked by the African fever, and had 

 to leave that part of the country, which I have no 

 ambition to revisit. 



