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Show Close-Mouthed Natives. A As to tho difficulty of getting In- formation from Abysslnlans, a trav- clcr Bays: "I remomber onco telling H a Som.ill, Fara, who acted ns my In- A tcrprcter In Mohnmcd Hassan's ab- a senco, to nsk a Doran some simple 1 question about tho route. After ten ffl minutes' conversation ho appeared to bo coming to nn understanding with f tho Doran, so I asked what tho man A; had said. My interpreter implored mo not to Interrupt, as he was Just f getting to tho point Nearly another ; ten minutes elapsod before my pa- i tlenco broko down and I demanded ; what ho had elicited. 'Ho says that ' he is a very poor man and has only : two tows,' was his roply." ! |