must  be  shown  and  that  this  bad habit  must  be  corrected

‘little by little’ and you plead,  moreover, that only the hands

of fallen  enemies  are cut off,  and that if hands  are cut off

‘enemies’  not  quite  dead,   and  who,  after  recovery,  have

had  the  bad  taste  to come to

the   missionaries   and   show

them   their   stumps,   it  was

due  to an  original  mistake in

thinking   that   they   were

dead.”   From  Debate   in  Bel-