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between the Faranba's people and our guide) the palaver 
ended. 
Matters were in this state, Faranba's son had gone over 
to Bady with the amber and coral, and we were preparing 
to return to Jallacotta early next morning, when about 
half past six o'clock some of Faranba's people seized our 
guide's horse, as the boy was watering it at the well, and 
carried it away. Isaaco went over to Bady to enquire the 
reason of this conduct ; but instead of satisfying him on 
this point, they seized him, took his double barrelled gun 
and sword from him, tied him to a tree and flogged him ; 
and having put his boy in irons, sent some people back to 
Tarabico for another horse belonging to an old man that 
was travelling with us to Dentila. I now told two of 
Isaaco's Negroes, that if they would go with me into the 
village, and point out the Faranba's people (it being quite 
dark) who had come to take the old man's horse, I would 
make the soldiers seize them, and retain them as hostages 
for Isaaco. They went and told this to the two chief men in 
the village, but they would not permit it. They were able, 
they said, to defend their own rights, and would not allow 
the horse to be taken : so after an immense hubbub and 
wrangling, the business at last came to blows, and the 
Faranba's people were fairly kicked out of the village. 
I was now a little puzzled how to act ; Isaaco's wife and 
