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“
Toby
could
eat
these
scraps
,
I
dare
say
.
Are
you
going
to
bed
,
Holmes
?
”
“
No
;
I
am
not
tired
.
I
have
a
curious
constitution
.
I
never
remember
feeling
tired
by
work
,
though
idleness
exhausts
me
completely
.
I
am
going
to
smoke
and
to
think
over
this
queer
business
to
which
my
fair
client
has
introduced
us
.
If
ever
man
had
an
easy
task
,
this
of
ours
ought
to
be
.
Wooden
-
legged
men
are
not
so
common
,
but
the
other
man
must
,
I
should
think
,
be
absolutely
unique
.
”
“
That
other
man
again
!
”
“
I
have
no
wish
to
make
a
mystery
of
him
,
—
to
you
,
anyway
.
But
you
must
have
formed
your
own
opinion
.
Now
,
do
consider
the
data
.
Diminutive
footmarks
,
toes
never
fettered
by
boots
,
naked
feet
,
stone
-
headed
wooden
mace
,
great
agility
,
small
poisoned
darts
.
What
do
you
make
of
all
this
?
”
“
A
savage
!
”
I
exclaimed
.
“
Perhaps
one
of
those
Indians
who
were
the
associates
of
Jonathan
Small
.
”
“
Hardly
that
,
”
said
he
.
“
When
first
I
saw
signs
of
strange
weapons
I
was
inclined
to
think
so
;
but
the
remarkable
character
of
the
footmarks
caused
me
to
reconsider
my
views
.
Some
of
the
inhabitants
of
the
Indian
Peninsula
are
small
men
,
but
none
could
have
left
such
marks
as
that
.
The
Hindoo
proper
has
long
and
thin
feet
.
The
sandal
-
wearing
Mohammedan
has
the
great
toe
well
separated
from
the
others
,
because
the
thong
is
commonly
passed
between
.
These
little
darts
,
too
,
could
only
be
shot
in
one
way
.
They
are
from
a
blow
-
pipe
.
Now
,
then
,
where
are
we
to
find
our
savage
?
”
“
South
American
,
”
I
hazarded
.
He
stretched
his
hand
up
,
and
took
down
a
bulky
volume
from
the
shelf
.
“
This
is
the
first
volume
of
a
gazetteer
which
is
now
being
published
.
It
may
be
looked
upon
as
the
very
latest
authority
.
What
have
we
here
?
‘
Andaman
Islands
,
situated
340
miles
to
the
north
of
Sumatra
,
in
the
Bay
of
Bengal
.
’
Hum
!
hum
!
What
’
s
all
this
?
Moist
climate
,
coral
reefs
,
sharks
,
Port
Blair
,
convict
-
barracks
,
Rutland
Island
,
cottonwoods
—
Ah
,
here
we
are
.
‘
The
aborigines
of
the
Andaman
Islands
may
perhaps
claim
the
distinction
of
being
the
smallest
race
upon
this
earth
,
though
some
anthropologists
prefer
the
Bushmen
of
Africa
,
the
Digger
Indians
of
America
,
and
the
Terra
del
Fuegians
.
The
average
height
is
rather
below
four
feet
,
although
many
full
-
grown
adults
may
be
found
who
are
very
much
smaller
than
this
.
They
are
a
fierce
,
morose
,
and
intractable
people
,
though
capable
of
forming
most
devoted
friendships
when
their
confidence
has
once
been
gained
.
’
Mark
that
,
Watson
.
Now
,
then
,
listen
to
this
.
‘
They
are
naturally
hideous
,
having
large
,
misshapen
heads
,
small
,
fierce
eyes
,
and
distorted
features
.
Their
feet
and
hands
,
however
,
are
remarkably
small
.
So
intractable
and
fierce
are
they
that
all
the
efforts
of
the
British
official
have
failed
to
win
them
over
in
any
degree
.
They
have
always
been
a
terror
to
shipwrecked
crews
,
braining
the
survivors
with
their
stone
-
headed
clubs
,
or
shooting
them
with
their
poisoned
arrows
These
massacres
are
invariably
concluded
by
a
cannibal
feast
.
’
Nice
,
amiable
people
,
Watson
!
If
this
fellow
had
been
left
to
his
own
unaided
devices
this
affair
might
have
taken
an
even
more
ghastly
turn
.
I
fancy
that
,
even
as
it
is
,
Jonathan
Small
would
give
a
good
deal
not
to
have
employed
him
.
”
