d sedition. And, being lucky enough to
secure convictions in every case, he was promoted. The last I heard of
him he was fighting in the very heart of German East in command of a
whole brigade. So it is advantageous sometimes to do favors for stray
noblemen, provided you are clever enough, and man enough to make good
when the favors are repaid.

And while on the subject of favors, the four homesick islanders who had
lent us their canoes and came with us all that journey, were sent back
to their island followed by a launch towing two barges full of
corn--free, gratis, and for nothing--"burre tu," as the natives say,
meaning that the English are certainly crazy and giving away food
without a pull-back to it simply and solely because "the people" have
too much nja. Nja is the nastiest word in all those languages. It
means the one thing everybody dreads--the thing that only the English
seem to know charms against--want--emptiness--HUNGER.

At our expense, but by the favor of the government, there went to that
island food enough in boxes and strong sacks--and seeds, treated
against insects--and tools with which the wives could chop the soil up
(for you can't expect the owner of a wife to work) to keep that island
and its friendly folk from hunger for many a day.

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