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monkeys; and I was so angry with the 

 cowardly party I had intended to assist, 

 that it was well for them one and all 

 that I met none of them before quitting 

 the place. I need not say they kept clear 

 of me till they knew I was too far away to 

 revenge myself. I spent the rest of that 

 day in bed, my servant bringing in an old 

 woman who washed my wounds with some 

 decoction of herbs, and put on some 

 plaster, and when I awoke in the morning 

 I was nearly all right again, only for the 

 excessive soreness all over me from the 

 bites ; but I vowed it would be the last 

 time I would trust to the courage of native 

 villagers in another case where pluck was 

 required. 



The next morning I started off at my 

 usual hour, feeling wonderfully little ill 

 effects from the mauling I had received 



