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 Rh 420 Hallali'n gimda itachi'n gao. The proper food for the gunda is the wood of the gao tree. Gunda, the insect that bores holes in wood. 421 Kufan mai ta fi. na rua. A grease stain is more lasting than one of water. 422 Makafo ba ya san anaganninsa ba, sai ansa sanda anzungereshi. A blind man does not know that he is being looked at until one takes a stick and pokes him. 423 Inda rua, garra ya yi ginna, in ba rua ba, garra ya yi ginni. The garra (white ant) builds with or without water. 424 Karriya ne, kunne ba slii iinn kai. It is a lie, the ears are not bigger than the head. The servant is not a bigger man than his master. 425 Aki maraya da riga'nbuzu, a ganshi da na kariii. You refuse the orphan a leather rig a (or you object to him with a leather riga on), you meet him with one of iron. 426 Kadda ayi "ban rua albassa/' a deeba akassa, a zubass akassa. Don't do " giving an onion water ; " it is taken from the ground and poured out on the ground. Don't do that kind of thing, there is no end to it.