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him why he had punished his boy, to which he 

 replied that he had given him a good beating for 

 loitering behind on the day that he had been tossed 

 by the buffalo, adding in extenuation of his severity: 

 ' You see, bwana, had he been killed, I should have 

 had no one to carry my things and cook my food ! ' 



