Up against it in Nigeria . extension of my tour, I mightgo off on a visit of inspection through the northerndistricts. Unfortunately I had a bad series ofmalarial ulcers, which lasted for a month; andit was with some difficulty that I persuaded to favour an extension. In the meanwhile nothing of particular interestoccurred, bar the double execution on the sameday of two wretches who had for a long timebeen waiting confirmation of sentence. Orr wasstill seedy, and retired after the first murdererhad expiated his crime, leaving me to dispatchthe second. Legion are the tales of executions
Up against it in Nigeria . extension of my tour, I mightgo off on a visit of inspection through the northerndistricts. Unfortunately I had a bad series ofmalarial ulcers, which lasted for a month; andit was with some difficulty that I persuaded to favour an extension. In the meanwhile nothing of particular interestoccurred, bar the double execution on the sameday of two wretches who had for a long timebeen waiting confirmation of sentence. Orr wasstill seedy, and retired after the first murdererhad expiated his crime, leaving me to dispatchthe second. Legion are the tales of executions in this coun-try, where it is in the very nature of things thatcomedy should link arms with tragedy. On oneoccasion in days of yore the story goes that thePolice fell through the trap embracing the victim ;on another the rope broke,1 and the should-have- 1 I was a member of the Board of Inquiry into this remember reflecting that this was probably the only in-quest ever held as to how the victim came to be alive!.
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