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ually blocked the well! He also told of the man who 

 put a rain gauge on his flat roof. After the first rain 

 he sent his clerk up to read it. The clerk reported 

 thirty-one inches. Disbelief; proof; investigation! It 

 turned out that an askari was posted on the roof at 

 night, and that the rain gauge's purpose had been mis- 

 taken by that askari. 



