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Mkhabela was beaten with a stick before he managed to escape . It was usual for one or two of our lads ( per annum ) to get drowned in the Mississippi or in Bear Creek , but I was pulled out in a drowned condition 9 times before I learned to swim , and was considered to be a cat in disguise . A strange multiplicity of sensations seized me , and I saw , felt , heard , and smelt at the same time ; and it was , indeed , a long time before I learned to distinguish between the operations of my various senses . What surrounded it before it exploded to create our present " universe ? " They ran right over to the stranger before they looked to see what was going to happen . " He never had a foundation in boxing before he switched to it , and then when he did turn pro , he did n't have the time to get the basics .