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-when he regained  his  senses, he  became  aware  of  four  or  five  men  surrounded  him watching  over  his  condition,  they  appeared  tribals  who  had  not  bathed  in years , unshaved  and  dirty, unkempt and  uncivilised, one  of  them  hissed  threateningly  when  he  opened  his  eyes  to  stand  up  quietly  and  come  with  them, the  man  held  a  sharp  knife