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For a while I conteht

which entered it through the sht be and how I came there

Then I tried to sit up, and instantly was seized with agony in the

region of the ribs, which I found were bound about with broad strips of

soft tanned hide Clearly they, or some of them, were broken

What had broken the

came back to me So I had escaped with my life, as the old dwarf,

"Opener-of-Roads," had told me that I should Certainly he was an

excellent prophet; and if he spoke truth in this matter, why not in

others? What was I to e, however

ancient, foresee the future?

By induction from the past, I supposed; and yet what amount of induction

would suffice to show hi accident that

was to happen to ency of a wild beast with a peculiarly

shaped horn? I gave it up, as before and since that day I have found it

necessary to do in the case of many other events in life Indeed,

the question is one that I often have had cause to ask where Kafir

"witch-doctors" or prophets are concerned, notably in the instance of a

certain Mavovo, of whom I hope to tell one day, whose predictions saved

my life and those of my co through the bee-hole

of the hut, and half-closed my eyes, as I did not feel inclined for