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right arm. I gave him some sal-volatile, and, after 
washing his wounds and cutting his hair away, fixed 
his head tightly between my knees. The Kaffirs 
looked on in awe, but when they saw me take out 
needle and thread, thimble, &c. to sew up his head, 
they raised a fearful outcry, in which the wounded 
man joined: I was therefore obliged to desist from 
my operation, and content myself with binding up 
his head as tightly as I could. I made up a nice 
bed for him in the wagon, but he positively refused 
to go on. The other two Kaffirs also refused, and 
wanted to know how many head of cattle I intended 
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