Their knowledge of English was known to be too slight for that.

Their communications were expressed entirely through the medium of Mr.Snoop, and even he explained afterwards that it was very difficult.

The only languages of India which he was able to speak, he said, with any fluency were Gargamic and Gumaic both of these being old Dravidian dialects with only two hundred and three words in each, and hence in themselves very difficult to converse in.

Mr.Yahi-Bahi answered in what Mr.Snoop understood to be the Iramic of the Vedas, a very rich language, but one which unfortunately he did not understand.
The dilemma is one familiar to all Oriental scholars.
All of this Mr.Snoop explained in the opening speech which he proceeded to make.

And after this he went on to disclose, amid deep interest, the general nature of the cult of Boohooism.