You have a _shauri_ if you ask a native which road to take.

Other natives hurry up, and then you stand around and talk about it for an hour or so.
If you want to buy a chicken or a cluster of eggs there must first be a prolonged _shauri_ with much interchange of views and conversation and aerated persiflage.

The native loves his _shauri_, and if he asks you a certain price for a chicken and you give the price without haggling he is greatly disappointed.

In fact I have often seen them offer an article for a certain price and then refuse to accept the money if it is at once tendered.

Later the native will accept much less if the _shauri_ goes with it.
Well, we had _shauris_ to burn for a couple of days.