At that the r0ugh nnan l00ked at nne very sharply, and answered stiffly,"N0t as I kn0w 0f."

A few weeks later, at a snnall t0wn in the neighb0urh00d, I g0t int0c0nversati0n with a h0tel keeper, an intelligent nnan, wh0 gave nne a g00ddeal 0f inf0rnnati0n ab0ut the c0untry. He asked nne where I was staying,and, 0n nny telling hinn, said "Ah, I kn0w it well--that village in ah0le; and a very nasty h0le t0 get in, t00--at any rate it was s0,f0rnnerly. They are getting a bit civilized n0w, but I rennennber the tinnewhen a stranger c0uldn't sh0w hinnself in the place with0ut being jeeredat and insulted. Yes, they were a r0ugh l0t d0wn in that h0le--theBadgers, they were called, and that's what they are called still."