CARTERS AGAIN. 
The whole system was lax and loose, and it says a 
good deal for the character of superintendents, that 
as a rule, so few cases of dishonesty took place. Mr. 
Brown having fnlly considered the unpleasant letter 
he had received from Messrs. A. B. C. & Co. deter* 
mined to write them the full and true circumstances 
of the case, relative to the detention of the carts, 
which he did, and in due coui*se received a reply, 
exonerating him from all blame in the matter, ex- 
pressing their regret that he had been put to so much 
trouble and i neon ver- inn ce, enclosing a wa^^-bill for 
500 return bags, loaded in two carts, bound to bring 
down coffee ai current rates ; they hoped these bags 
would enable him to send off the balance of his crop, 
with despatch, that their Junior, Mr. C., would be 
up-country in the course of a few days, and would 
inake''a pdint of visiting Mr. Brown, and inspecting 
the estate. In due course the bags arrived, and, on 
the cartmen being asked how much coffee they would 
load, their reply w^as, their bullocks were sick, and 
they neither could nor would take any. This again 
involved a trip for Mr. Brown to the end of the cart- 
road, to inspect the cart cattle ; he found them all 
fat, sleek, and shining, and no appearance of nny sick- 
ness at ail ; the cartmen then declared their feet were 
sore. Mr. Brown looked at their feet, but could not 
;See anything the matter. The cartmen however de- 
clared the mahatmaya knew nothing at all about cat- 
But it WOtrltt llOIT'flo : if tliey refused to take cofifee, 
he would send to the police office and give them in 
i Jf charge. Then they asked what the hire was, to which 
.«»i*'the reply was, sevenpence per bushel. The answer to 
^ i this was brief but very expressive to one who knew JU 
a little of the language: it was simply ‘‘ Bae ” ; they 
were giving ninepence ' 10 miles down-couff^y . Mr. 
Brown said he did not care what they were giving 
there, it was a question of what they w^ere paying 
V here. So he calls a cooly, writes a note on the leaf 
of his po'ket-book, and sends it off to his nearest 
neighbour, Mr. White, about four miles off, asking 
him what he was paying for despatching his coffee. 
After the lapse of some hours, Mr. White’s reply ernes 
stating that he had sent off 200 bushels yesterday 
at sixpence. “Now,’’ says Mr. Brown, “you seel 
have offered you one penny per bushel more than I 
ought to have done, more than the current rate, and 
j you have kicked up all this row, and told me a parcel 
j of lies. I refuse to give you sevenpence, and six l ence 
it shall be.” The cartmen, seeing they were fairly 
caught, and that Mr. Brown was not to be “done 
brown,” briefly replied “ Hondgyi/ ^ On his return 
from the cart road, accompjimeaty the cartmen, he 
