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Convicted of murder, they accepted their fate with an air of bafflement about the white man's justice. In their eyes could be read their failure to understand why they had been arrested. True, they had killed Basuas—but are not the Basuas enemies of the Panamoli? True, they had disguised themselves in crocodile skins—but why not? They ate part of their victims' bodies—but how else could they appropriate the victims' personal qualities?