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had come over on purpose to see me, in order to 

 gratify the curiosity of his customers. He was 

 an expert operator, and clipped my head with a 

 pair of scissors of native manufacture nearly as 

 close as if it had been shaved, besides shaving 

 the upper part of my face with a razor of the 

 country. He used country soap, which produced 

 a strong and agreeable lather ; and I was exceed- 

 ingly amused at the reverence which he paid to 

 my beard during the whole operation, frequently 

 indulging in expressions of admiration of it, and 

 assuring me with the utmost earnestness that 

 there was not such another in the country. 



