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3. " Faults are like a hill ; you mount on your own and then see 



other people's." 



4. " Evil is like a hill ; every one gets on his own and speaks 



about some one else's." 



5. " A man is cut by the company he does not keep." 



6. " Gazing at a man who is a long way off will not bring him to 



you." 



7. " Talking will not take a camel to Asben ; only acquaintance 



with the nose string." 



8. " Quantity makes the cotton draw the stone." 



9. " The one-eyed man only thanks Allah for his eye when he 



sees the totally blind one." 



10. "Where there is a good disposition ugliness is beauty, but 

 where there is no disposition beauty is ugliness." 



11. "A man who is falling into a well will seize even the edge of 

 a sword." 



These have been taken at random out of a book of 567 Hausa 

 proverbs compiled by Capt. G. Merrick, E.G. A., and, in some cases, 

 slightly corrected. Parallels in the English language readily suggest 

 themselves. 



