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 38 185 Yaro main kaza ne, en ya ji rana, sai shi narke. A boy is like a hen's fat, when it feels the sun it melts. A boy has not a man's endurance, any hardship will overcome him. 186 Zamma da mugun babba, yaro tsak-y^ dubara. A boy whose master is harsh (evil) has to lookout for himself (watch it). 187 Kadda a kwache ma yaro galma, en ya ji rana ya yayes. Don't take a boy's cjalma from him (and do his work), for he will throw it down when he finds it too hot to work. Let him alone, he will look after himself. Galma, a hoe. 188 Kworria tagari tana ragaya. A good woman stays at home like the hworria in the ragaya. Ragaya, the string basket or net which vill be found hanging from the roof of any hut ; the woman of the house puts any odds and ends into it. There is often a small calabash or kworria at the bottom to hold the smaller articles. Vide 33. 189 Mata'n zamani ba tukunia ne ba, baM akwonkwossa, aji wonda ta ii kwahrie. A woman is not like an earthen pot which we try by tapping to see which is strongest. A man selling pots in the market taps them at the bottom to show that they are quite sound. 190 Karifi'n mata sai yawa'n magana. The strength of a woman is in her tongue.