TWO DIANAS IN SOMALILAND 271 



have been little. Nelson and Napoleon, Lee and 

 Frederick the Great, Gustavus Adolphus and Marl- 

 borough, too, were on the small side. 



How very foolish I was ! 



Of a night Ralph would play his violin around the 

 twinkling fires. It looked so unlikely an instrument 

 in his hands, and yet he made it speak to us like a 

 living thing. He was the finest amateur I ever heard. 

 Even the Somalis loved to hear him play, and sat in 

 charmed groups listening intently. It shows they 

 have receptive souls for beauty. I agree with an old 

 friend of mine that the man who has no music in his 

 soul is fit for " treasons, stratagems, and spoils." If 

 I haven't mangled the Immortal One's words. 



