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he said, ' My lord, I observe that you are dirty and stand in 

 need of a bath, and if you require one I have a bath at your 

 service in my house.' The hyena replied, ' Yes, it is true, I am 

 much troubled with fleas, please come along and give it me; 

 but first come to my house and breakfast, and then we will go to 

 the bath.' The hedgehog said, ' That is just what I want, for 

 I am out now looking for food.' So the hedgehog went to the 

 hyena's house and had his breakfast. The hedgehog then said, 

 ' Now come along and take your bath.' The hyena said, ' All 

 right.' So they went to the hedgehog's house and the bath was 

 heated to boiling. The hedgehog said to the hyena, ' Now jump 

 into the bath, and scratch yourself.' So the hyena jumped in; 

 whereupon the hedgehog closed down the lid, and tied it with a 

 string. The hyena said, ' This is too hot for me, I want to get 

 out.' ' No, no,' said the hedgehog, ' it is far better for you to 

 be there than for me to be in your belly ; bawl away till you 

 are dead.' 



APPENDIX K. 



On the Shelluh Language. 

 By John Ball. 



Jackson in his ' Account of Marocco ' refers to the opinion 

 of Marmol, that the Shelluhs of Marocco and the Berebers 

 (Kabyles) of Algeria speak the same language, as altogether in- 

 correct, and positively affirms, on the contrary, that these lan- 

 guages are quite distinct. In proof of this assertion, he gives a 

 short list of Shelluh words or short phrases, with the Bereber 

 equivalents of most of them, and concludes, from the differences 

 between these, that the languages are profoundly, if not radically, 

 different. A comparison of this kind is so notoriously mas- 

 leading that no importance would have been attached to the 

 conclusion derived from it, were it not for the fact that Jackson 

 was well acquainted with the Shelluh language, probably better 

 than any other European has since been ; and that although 

 not versed in comparative philology, a science not yet come into 



