Crossword-Solution: FUNA 4 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

The Sinigaglia trials were followed by similar prosecutions at Ancona, Jesi, Pesaro, and Funa, where unhappy groupes of citizens, indicted for political offences, waited the tender mercies which the "Holy Father" dispenses to his _figli_ by the hands of Swiss and Austrian carabiniers.

The boys were wonderfully quick at understanding; and, pretending to eat, they said "ejla," and then, pretending to drink, said "posa." The sun was shining, so I pointed to it, and was at once told that it was "Ilanga." The boys then patted their stomachs and drew them in as if they were empty, and said "Lambili, funa ejla"; this I understood meant, "Hungry, I want to eat." Note: A Caffre chief who rebelled against us some years ago was called by the English, Langerbelali.

The Kaffir would give a kind of intelligent grunt, such as _er-er_, and say, "Wena funa posa ubisi." I then repeated the sentence after him, putting _di_, I, for _wena_, you, and bore in mind that "Di funa posa amasi (_or_ ubisi)," was I want to drink some sour (or sweet) milk.

All he would do was, now and again, give a click of disgust, a quick shake of the head, and say: "Aug! Ang-a-funa!" ("I do not desire it!") We had the same fight over and over again, but I always won in the end.

The fish--a small _funa_--was in a diminutive dish and its back was covered by a leaf; the head projected over the side of the plate.