"I have been living here for fifteen years, and they listen to me as to nobody else." In these affairs with the agents, he had always told his people that "whenever a settlement came to be made, cash alone in the hand of the person representing them could make it properly." "Cash I must have," he said, "and hold the cash ready for the moment.

When I had worked out a settlement with Captain Hill, I had a good part of the money in my hand ready to pay down.

L1450 was the sum total agreed upon, and after the further collection, necessitated by the settlement, there was a deficit of about L200.

I wrote to Professor Stuart," he added, after a pause, "that I wanted about L200 of the sum-total.

But more has come in since then.