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- From: ajd@itl.itd.umich.edu (Arthur Delano)
- Subject: Story, 100 words
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- Organization: and the finches flew
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 18:45:43 GMT
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- The only fragment of Sir Meriwether's journal: ``The natives here have
- no word meaning `to consort with.' This is striking, for they may
- fornicate at any time and place with anybody. When one of the porters
- introduced them to the word `f--' they took to it with great delight.
- Soon they were saying `f--' as often as they were performing it.
- Cliveson, who learned their language most quickly, realized they were
- using that word in an entirely meaningless way. [unintelligible] I have
- taken an interest in a certain lady of the village, and will try to --''
- Blood obscures the rest.
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- AjD
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