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acquaints the robbers they meet, that the stranger is under his 

 guard, and that if they come near him, he will cut his own throat, 

 and the woman threatens them that she will cut off one of her 

 breasts with a razor, which she shows them; and all the heathen 

 look upon it to be a great misfortune to be the cause of the death 

 of a Tcheron, because ever after the guilty person is an eyesore 

 to his whole tribe, from which he is turned out. From Pitlad, 

 we came to Sousentra (most probably Sevasee-contra,) where I 

 saw a very lovely well, and met upon the road an infinite number 

 of apes of all sorts, not only upon the trees in the fields, but also 

 by the way-side, which were not in the least afraid of any body. 

 I several times endeavoured to make them fly with my arms, but 

 they stirred not, and cried their pou-pou like mad; which is, as I 

 think, the houp-houp of which Monsieur de la Boulaye speaks." 



