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Then I forgot these scenic accessories in the sight of the man himself

There he sat on a stool in front of his hut, quite unattended, and

wearing only a cloak of leopard skins open in front, for he was

unadorned with the usual hideous trappings of a witch-doctor, such as

snake-skins, human bones, bladders full of unholy compounds, and so

forth

What a man he was, if indeed he could be called quite huh stout, was only that of a child; his head was enormous,

and from it plaited white hair fell down on to his shoulders His eyes

were deep and sunken, his face was broad and very stern Except for this

snohite hair, however, he did not look ancient, for his flesh was

firm and plump, and the skin on his cheeks and neck unwrinkled, which

suggested to reat antiquity was false A man

as over a hundred years old, for instance, surely could not boast

such a beautiful set of teeth, for even at that distance I could see

thee was far behind

hiuess even

approximately the nuht, perfectly still, and staring without a blink of his eyes at the