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such clothes as she wore, and returned to her place

Zikali appeared to grow angry He sta

feet; he shook his braided grey locks and cried out: "Is my wisdom to be defeated in such a little e over er--caht Zikali whirled round upon his

heels, first one way and then another, and, crying aloud: "Guidefashion, as a blindfolded man does,

with his arht,

then to the left, and then straight forward, till at length, to my

astonishment, he came exactly opposite the spot where Masapo sat and,

stretching out his great, groping hands, seized the kaross hich he

was covered and, with a jerk, tore it froround, and a woman

searched

Presently she uttered an excla the fur of one of

the tails of the kaross produced a tiny bag that appeared to be made out

of the bladder of a fish This she handed to Zikali, whose eyes had now

been unbandaged