warm climate. At noon the day before Grindelwald the thermometer could not have stood at less than 100 degrees Fahr. in the sun; and in the evening, judging from the icicles formed, and the state of the windows, there must have been at least twelve DINGBLATTER of frost, thus giving a change of 80 degrees during a few hours.  

I said:  

"You have done well, Harris; this report is concise, compact, well expressed; the language is crisp, the descriptions are vivid and not needlessly elaborated; your report goes straight to the point, attends strictly to business, and doesn't fool around. It is in many ways an excellent document. But it has a fault—it is too learned, it is much too learned. What is 'DINGBLATTER'?  

"'DINGBLATTER' is a Fiji word meaning 'degrees.'"  

"You knew the English of it, then?"  

"Oh, yes."  

"What is 'GNILLIC'?  

"That is the Eskimo term for 'snow.'"  

"So you knew the English for that, too?"  

"Why, certainly."  

"What does 'MMBGLX' stand for?"  

"That is Zulu for 'pedestrian.'"  

"'While the form of the Wellhorn looking down upon it completes the enchanting BOPPLE.' What is 'BOPPLE'?"  

"'Picture.' It's Choctaw."  

"What is 'SCHNAWP'?"  

"'Valley.' That is Choctaw, also."  

"What is 'BOLWOGGOLY'?"  

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