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At the flood season, before the turbulent tributaries of the Isisi River had been induced to return to their accustomed channels, Sanders came back to headquarters a very weary man, for he had spent a horrid week in an endeavour -- successful, but none the less nerve-racking -- to impress an indolent people that the swamping of their villages was less a matter of Providence and ghosts than the neglect of elementary precaution.
"For I told you, Ranabini," said an exasperated Sanders, "that you should keep the upper channel free from trees and branches, and I have paid you many bags of salt for your services."