The evening after his return, he called Jim into his room.
"Jim," he said, "I want your advice as to the best way of finding out where these bush rangers are quartered.

How do you think we had better set about it?
Would it be of any use, do you think, for you to go among the natives and try and find out?
There is no doubt they know, for they have often acted with the bush rangers.

Do you think you could pass among them ?" "No, sah," Jim said at once.

"Me no speak deir way.

Me understand black fellow, me talk dar language, but not same way.