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Don't believe what Aziz says. I am an acknowledged expert in all Asian languages. I will give you the true message. The passage translates as this:

"To the one into whose hands this rifle shall come:

You shall immediately place it in safe packaging and post it to Roscoe Stephenson, Covington, Virginia USA."

"Failure to obey will result in a scourge of the pox on you and your kindred."

Have no fear. I will care for this rifle meticulously.

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Don't worry about the curse affecting Curl. He has already had the pox, which left him sterile, so his offspring won't be affected either.

The other curse these rifles have, is the requirement to use them on big expensive animals, yearly if the curse is to be avoided. The curse means the owner-hunter dies happy but impoverished.