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Chapter 24

           There’saseto’soft-heartedfolkathomethatIknowsonwhodon’tliketohavetheirfeelin’sruffled;andwhenyoutellthemanythingtheydon’tlikethatshocksthem,astheycallitnomatterhowtrueitbe,theystoptheirearsandcryout,‘Oh,thatistoohorrible!Wecan’tbelievethat!’An’theysaytruth.Theycan’tbelieveit,‘causetheywon’tbelieveit.Now,Ibelievethere’sthousandso’thepeopleinEnglandwhoaresichborndrivellin’won’tbelieversthattheythinktheblackfellowshereaways,attheworst,eatanenemyonlynowan’thenouto’spite;whereasIknowforcertain,andmanycaptainsoftheBritishandAmericannaviesknowaswellasme,thattheFeejeeIslanderseatnotonlytheirenemiesbutoneanotherandtheydoitnotforspite,butforpleasure.It’safactthattheypreferhumanfleshtoanyother.Buttheydon’tlikewhitemen’sfleshsowellasblack;theysayitmakesthemsick."

           "Why,Bill,"saidI,"youtoldmejustnowthattheywouldeatmeiftheycaughtme!"

           "SoIdid,andsoIthinktheywould.I’veonlyheardsomeo’themsaytheydon’tlikewhitemensowellasblack;butiftheywashungrytheywouldn’tbeparticular.Anyhow,I’msuretheywouldkillyou.Yousee,Ralph,I’vebeenagoodwhileinthemparts,andI’vevisitedthedifferentgroupsofislandsoftentimesasatrader.Andthorough-goin’blackguardssomeo’themtradersarenobetterthanpirates,Icantellyou.

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