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in the medicinal powers of the white man. One 

 morning a woman stalked into my temple on her 

 diminutive feet, and pulled me by the sleeve to her 

 house near by. Her husband was lying groaning on 

 his straw bed and wooden pillow, having fallen out 

 of a tree and evidently hurt his spine. It was clear 

 that nothing more could be done than to ease the 

 pain, so I ordered hot water applied and rubbed 

 some salve on the injured spot. The next morning 

 the woman returned and thanked me profusely, 

 saying that the pain had ceased. Later, I was called 

 in to see a fever patient and gave him a few grains 

 of quinine, for which he appeared in person the next 

 morning to thank me, evidently quite restored to 

 health, more by the mental than by any physical 

 good done him. 



These were the peaceful surroundings in which I 

 found myself, and watched the days pass slowly by, 

 until the first event occurred which told me that 

 game had arrived at last, and roused all my energies 

 to bring the hunt to a successful close as speedily as 

 possible. 



Two days earlier I had moved to another near-by 

 village called Ki-Lai, and was awakened at one or 

 two o'clock in the morning by the loud barking of a 

 dog, which was immediately taken up by all the other 

 dogs in the village. This was unusual, as seldom 



