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longer to be seen, and then he told me how native soldiers 

 had come in canoes one day, carried off his herds, and killed 



A BUDUMA WOMAN 



some of his men. To support his story he took me to a hut 

 where a man lay with his left leg smashed by a bullet and in 

 a festering condition. To protect himself from such outrages 

 in the future, he begged me to give him a flag. But I felt 

 that I could not grant his request, for I was ignorant as to 

 the exact position of his island in relation to the boundary 

 between us and the French. 



After a rest of two days we left Karra-ragga escorted by 

 the Kachella to gain the eastern shore. We passed many 



