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Rh 102 Gudu da marri ba shi magani'n bauta.
 * To run away with the marri on, is not a cure for shwery.
 * Marri, leg irons put on both legs. A man can only shuffle along with them.

103 Biizarre ba shi rabba jaki da kaia. Bucking will not separate a donkey and its load ; for the owner will merely put it on again. Don't kick against the pricks. 104 Tsimmi da kasshi chikki ba shi magani'n yiingwa. Eking out (or saving up for another day) when your stomach is empty is not a cure for hunger. 105 A turn ba shi rabba karre da kura. Throwing earth or sand on them will not separate a dog and a kura. That's no good. 106 Ba aroko'n jinni ga fara. Blood is not begged from a locust. Blood from a stone. 107 Tsaria ba mu boye ne ba. The tsaria, we do not hide there. Tsaria, the small opening through which jQre is put under an earth bed. All your efforts are futile. This might be said to a man, who had run away and hidden, after he had been discovered. 108 Kana saida baba a rugga. You are selling your indigo at a rugga. Rugga, the temporary village of nomad Fulani. They only concern themselves with cattle and do not weave, dye, &c. ; it is therefore useless offering them indigo for sale.