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MADAGASCAR. 
up to the gaze of his troublers his two rows of 
false teeth. The spectators were aghast. They 
gazed for a moment at the empty and distended 
mouth, and then at the results of his dentist’s 
skill, which he held at arm’s-length in his fingers, 
and then fled one and all, as fast as their legs 
could carry them, from the presence of a “ man 
who could take himself to pieces.” 
