affliction the patient loses appetite and usually requires a
 
 narcotic to induce sleep. No narcotics or sedatives, of course,
 
were available.
 
              We had been at Davao only a day or so when a heavy
 
 thunderstorm came up, causing a creek which ran through the camp
 
to overflow its banks. The creek ran through a lemon grove above
 
the camp and literally hundreds of these lemons--the Philippine
 
variety that are as big as our oranges--came floating down the
 
stream. These lemons, with their vitamins and acids, were just
 
what was needed for those suffering from diet deficiency, and a
 
group of us began to gather them in.
 
              In the matter of the lemons, we had reckoned without the
 
 Crown Prince of Swat. Hosume and his minions were upon us at
 
once, slapping and cuffing us about, and emitting a streak of im-
 
precations.
 
     The Japanese, it seemed, did not like lemons, so we were
 
not to have them. This statement of course does not make sense,
 
but it was the only reason we were ever given. And neither were
 
we allowed to have any of the other fruits and vegetables which grew
 
in profusion throughout the prison farm, except those which we could
 
achieve by theft. Needless to say, most of us soon became adept at
 
thievery, particularly those of us who were strong enough to go on
 
work details at some distance from the prison camp. And at the grave
 
risk of being caught, we made every effort to smuggle in enough fruit
 
and vegetables for those who were too weak to steal for themselves.
 
 
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