Show close mouthed natives to the difficulty ot getting in formation from a trav eler says I 1 remember once telling a domall fara who acted as ray in ter preter in mohamed hassan ab sence to ask a boran some simple question about the route after ten minutes conversation he appeared to be coming to an understanding with the boran so I 1 asked what the man had said my interpreter implored me not to interrupt as he was just getting to the point nearly another ten minutes elapsed before my pa tience broke down and I 1 demanded what he had elicited lie says that he is a very poor man and has only two bows was his reply |