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Page 371
... bottle every day . He realized of course that there was a trick in it somewhere , that the witch doctor of the Papuans not only wanted to terrify him with the mysterious arrival of those bottles , but also hoped that he would drink ...
... bottle every day . He realized of course that there was a trick in it somewhere , that the witch doctor of the Papuans not only wanted to terrify him with the mysterious arrival of those bottles , but also hoped that he would drink ...
Page 372
... bottle today . Another one : Today again no bottle . Then followed a series of days without bottles , and in that sobriety , suddenly the realization : But I cannot surrender like this ! It is impossible that this creature should ...
... bottle today . Another one : Today again no bottle . Then followed a series of days without bottles , and in that sobriety , suddenly the realization : But I cannot surrender like this ! It is impossible that this creature should ...
Page 374
... bottle on the table . He stood looking at the bottle for a long time . It was a bottle like the one that had contained Flabbinga's message , of which he had seen dozens strewn on the floor of the hut of palm leaves . Golden Silk ...
... bottle on the table . He stood looking at the bottle for a long time . It was a bottle like the one that had contained Flabbinga's message , of which he had seen dozens strewn on the floor of the hut of palm leaves . Golden Silk ...
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Annema answered arrived asked Atjeh Banjermasin Batavia beer Bert Bert's Betsy Bevers body bottle boy's Breszezinska-Jansen Brits-Jansen Burubi Captain coolies cried darkness djongos doctor door drink Dutch East Indies eyes face fear feeling fell felt Flabbinga forest Frolick Ganwitz girl hair hand head heard Holland Homo Heidelbergensis hour Jansen Javanese jungle kiss knew Kramer Labuan lamp lepers leprosy letter listening looked Madurese Mamawi mandur Manokwari morning mosquito mouth native never night once opened panting Papuans parang Piet Kramer prahu pulled Rattan realized round rustling Salvarsan Salvation Army Salvationist screamed seemed shoulders silence sleep slowly smell smile smoke sound staring started Stegomyia stood suddenly Sultan talk Teddy thing thought took totok tried tuan turned underneath voice waiting wanted Waterreus whispered wilderness Willem witch doctor Witzenburg