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| 16 | 269 | There are View more quotes about cruel">cruel ways, too, but we do not practice them on the Isle of Seleukos, for we care for our island, ways such as digging in the hide and striking nerves with pointed sticks, and digging in the hide and applying hot irons to the wound". |
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| 16 | 266 | "There are other ways, too, the island may be moved?" I asked. |
| 16 | 267 | "By striking on the hide," she said, "with wooden mallets. |
| 16 | 268 | That does not hurt the island, as far as we can tell, but it does tend to move away from the annoyance. |
| 16 | 269 | There are cruel ways, too, but we do not practice them on the Isle of Seleukos, for we care for our island, ways such as digging in the hide and striking nerves with pointed sticks, and digging in the hide and applying hot irons to the wound". |
| 16 | 270 | "It seems that this would make the island an enemy of men," I said. |
| 16 | 271 | "The islands do not even know that men exist," she said. |
| 16 | 272 | "You have been more than helpful, Cuy," I said. |