To own but one kirat, in this concern of property, is sometimes better than to own all the remaining three-and-twenty, as witness the affair of Johha, the greatest wiseacre this country has produced.

Johha owned a house, consisting of a single room.

Wishing to make a little money, he let his house to people for a yearly rent (which they paid in advance), reserving to himself the use of only one kirat of it.

To show where his kirat was situated Johha drove a peg into the wall inside.

After the tenants had been in a week he brought a bag of beans and hung it on his peg.