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him implicitly. I do not believe any native can resist 

 the temptation to kill, and am of opinion that most 

 would try and persuade their ' sahib ' to shoot his 

 own pony if they thought they could eat and enjoy it. 

 However, as a Somali would not eat elephant meat if 

 he could get anything else, I am not sure now that I 

 was wilfully deceived." 



