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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. 
