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day or two the bites had developed into really open 

 wounds and the men treated them in cruel-to-be-kind 

 fashion by applying red-hot stones, tying this drastic 

 treatment firmly over the sore. Burning seemed to be 

 an all-curing cure, and during most of the weeks a 

 spear was heated with which to raise blisters on one 

 camel or another. 



