I made a deep incision, and with a pair of forceps extracted the barb, which was made, as usual, of hard wood about four inches long and from half an inch to an inch thick.

It was very smooth, and partly digested, so to speak, by the maceration to which it had been exposed during its four months' journey through the body.

The wound made by the spear had long since healed, leaving only a small cicatrix; and after the operation, which the native bore without flinching, he appeared to suffer no pain.

Indeed, judging from his good state of health, the presence of the foreign matter did not materially annoy him.

He was perfectly well in a few days." But No.