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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 doubt 



SHE WAS PLACED IN TRIUMPH ON HIS BACK." 



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. 



