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THE KALLA-BANTRUS
AS THIEVES
But as such an understanding
collector of the locality.
could not possibly be anything more than tacit in any
civilized country, this infamous arrangement is kept secret.
The culprits, therefore, can expect no compensation to be
publicly awarded them by the magistrates for the wounds
and mutilations which they may suffer in the course of
but these same magistrates will do
their nocturnal raids
their best to screen or p