Note 196 — Chapter V
Hugh J. C. Beavan translation
Compare D’Escayrac de Lauture, Le Désert et le Soudan; Mémoire sur le Soudan, etc. [These people are not so very peculiar in this respect. Even in our own land, there is sometimes a good deal of difficulty in obtaining information about routes; and agricultural labourers especially are much given to scratching their heads and chewing the cud of meditation, ending with an indecision quite delightful to the tired traveller.—Editor.]