An eastern proverb says : "The most austere hermit is often the most consummate 

 rogue." The rogue in the picture pretends that both his legs are cut off at the knees and 

 he has bloody cloths wrapped round them to prove it. His real legs are safely ensconced 

 in a pit beneath -him, while the stumps he exhibits are sticks wrapped up in old cloths. 



The rascal in the picture has one leg doubled up so as to appear as if it were cut off,_ while 

 the other leg, carefully covered, is extended to an unusual length by means of a stick 



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