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As the white men took over the crude fields of the departed savages, so also they appropriated the imperfect edifice which the conquerors of those savages had left for them. It was in little the story of old England herself, builded upon the races and the ruins of Briton, and Koman, and Saxon, of Dane and Norman.
Or instead of the dog being killed, its tail may be cut off, and the man taking the oath licks the blood from the stump; this is considered a most binding and solemn form of oath. The ceremony is spoken of as KOMAN ASU, I.E. "the eating of the dog." Most Klemantans will kill and eat both deer and cattle freely. But there are exceptions to this rule.
He'd come up to you like this, and say: "Koman voo porty voo?" and then a box on the ear! 'But I'd give him one in the belly with my fist' 'But he'd go on: "Bonzhur, bonzhur, veny ici," and then a cuff on the head. 'And I'd give him one in his legs, his bandy legs. 'You're quite right, their legs are bandy.... Well, but suppose he tied your hands? 'I wouldn't let him; I'd call Mihay the coachman to help me. 'But, Vasya, suppose you weren't a match for the Frenchy even with Mihay? 'Not a match for him!
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