We go to Ganda. 
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have is ours ! Where are the goods you have brought 
for us ? We wish to see them in private/' 
We retired beyond hearing and eyesight of the 
company, and the goods were produced. There were 
present Bolio Boneat, Hirebaya, Aba Rufat, and 
Malau. The examination went on placidly for some- 
time, though Hirebaya and Malau looked anxious. 
At length the latter said, " We want one thing, viz., 
one gora (piece) of calico." " There is nothing more," 
we returned ; the Gallas and yourself extracted two 
pieces at Mana Mvoko. You must explain your 
doings there/' He objected. Now we saw how we 
had been deceived. Hirebaya and Dado had met 
us on purpose to purloin what they could for their 
own use from the goods we had brought for the chief. 
Now it was their object to make it appear that what 
was left was all that we had brought for the chief. 
This was deception and robbery, which we could not 
allow to pass undiscovered and unrebuked. 
Malau said it would not do to explain the proceed- 
ings at Mana Mvoko. We insisted that they must 
do it. We had engaged to bring the chief a certain 
quantity of goods ; had told Aba Rufat, his brother, 
and Buiya, what we had brought, and now they were 
not to be found. We would have them give a 
thorough explanation of the whole matter. They 
refused, Malau said it would create a quarrel be- 
tween Hirebaya and Dado, on the one hand, and 
Mara Barowat and Co. on the other, the consequences 
of which might be very serious. We said, " Hirebaya, 
Dado, and you, as their agent, have done wrong. The 
truth must be told, and you must take the conse- 
quences of your own doings." He was obstinate, but 
