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Another World - Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah by Benjamin Lumley
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For Children are short--Services adapted to different ages--Evils
attendant on former system--Present course--Subjects of Sermons--
Children encouraged in affection to Parents, &c.--Preacher assisted
by method of education--Objections to Parrot-like repetitions


XXXVI.--FLOCKS AND HERDS.

Care taken of animals--Change of pasture--Irrigation--Causes of
diseases formerly prevalent--Shade--Illness--Great increase of
flocks and herds--THE MALE ONLY USED FOR FOOD--Consequences of
killing the mother--In slaughtering, all painful process
avoided--Mode adopted--Wholesomeness of meat tested by analyzation
of blood--PROTECTION OF MEAT FROM INSECTS--Protective
Infusion--CRUELTY TO ANIMALS--Punishment


XXXVII.--THE ALLMANYUKA.

Determination to discover the germ of disease--The people afflicted
with a painful malady--Children not
attacked--Hypothesis--Stimulating spices--Anatomical
examination--Decree forbidding use of favourite condiments--The
spices collected--Temporary substitute provided--Meditation and
prayer for help--The grafting and the eventual result--
Incomplete--The cream-lemon vegetable--Mode of proceeding--The
"Insertion"--The root-oil--The little white bud--The anxious
watching--The basket and its contents--The testing--Qualities of
the Allmanyuka--The people's praise--The Tootmanyoso's
gratitude--Results different from any before obtained--Description
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