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truly well. The climate here is grand now, but the natives are detestable filthy beasts. Some people wonder how it is that their extreme filthiness has not killed them all, but they thrive in filth. The very fact that they are born and bred in it seems to render them immune to ordinary disease. The nigger that touched my tunic with the tip of his finger would be due for pity – if I had a stick with me. I think that they are most awful creatures, but still would not go out of my way to be cruel to them like some are; on the other hand I have done quite a little to prevent it. Really I think cruelty is the only thing they will respond to: extraordinary beings. I see no justification

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