After all, to be honest, if someone hid something near their home, they would undoubtedly leave some clue no matter what.
So Clarence Hughes did not totally dismiss the idea that this might be a trap.
But with years of friendship with Hassan, who knew Clarence was penniless - honestly, just the rings on Hassan's fingers were worth more than all of Clarence's possessions.
Therefore, it was unlikely Hassan was after anything from him.
When Clarence visited the mountainous area where Hassan's tribe lived, he understood why they couldn't find it.
For hundreds of kilometers around, the land was composed of the kind of soil that scarce grass grew on, with low mountains, just trenches and earth caves, somewhat similar to the Loess Plateau.
There were only about a dozen villages within hundreds of kilometers, with distances ranging from a few to tens of kilometers between them.
It truly lived up to the phrase "vast and sparsely populated."
