Beddencontinuedinacold，stoicalmanner，anddeclaredthathispeopleweredeterminednottoworkforme；theyhadneverbeforecarriedfor”TheTurks，”andnothingwouldinducethemtoengageinsuchalabour。
Ibeggedhimtoremembertheimportanceofhispromise，uponwhichIhaddependedwhenmakingallmyarrangementsforthejourney。Ifhefailedmenow，Ishouldbeentirelyruined；whereasifheassistedme，asIhadrelieduponhishonour，weshouldalwaysremainthefirmestfriends，andhewouldbebenefitedbyagrandherdofcattle，andwouldreceivemostvaluablepresents。
Henowdeclared”thathispeoplehadtakenthematterintoconsideration，andtheywerequitedetermined。Theywouldnotlistentohim，orbepersuadedtoanythingtheydisliked。Theyneverhadcarried，andtheyneverwould。”
IhadthetwonativeswithmewhohadresidedforsometimeinourstationatGondokoro。Oneofthesemen，namedPittia，endeavouredtopersuadeBeddentobeathisnogarabigdrumandtosummonhistribe；
hemightthen，inmypresence，explaintheworkproposed，andhispeoplewouldseethecowswhichtheywouldreceiveaspaymentfortheirlabour。