chap, yin.] PAULEY WITH LATOOKA CHIEFS . 301 
mined front. I extract the following entry from my 
journal. 44 These Turks are delightful neighbours; 
they will create a row, and I shall be dragged into it 
in self-defence, as the natives will distinguish no dif¬ 
ference in a scrimmage, although they draw favourable 
comparisons between me and the Turks in times of 
peace. Not a native came to work at the huts to-day; 
I therefore sent for the two chiefs, Commoro and Moy, 
and had a long talk with them. They said that 4 no 
Latooka should be beaten by common fellows like the 
traders' men ; that I was a great chief, and that if I 
chose to beat them they would be content.' I gave 
them advice to keep quiet, and not to quarrel about 
trifles, as the Turks would assuredly destroy the 
country should a fight commence. 
44 At the same time, I told them that they did not 
treat me properly : they came to me in times of diffi¬ 
culty as a mediator, but although they knew I had 
always paid well for everything, they gave me no 
supplies, and I was obliged to shoot game for my daily 
food, although they possessed such enormous herds 
of cattle; neither could I procure materials or work¬ 
people to complete my camp. The parley terminated 
with an understanding that they were to supply 
me with everything, and that they would put a stop 
to the intended fight. In the evening a goat was 
