Settlers and Scouts — Herbert Strang

" ...]gesticulate and abuse one another with a deafening clamour. It was plain that every man wanted the load of somebody else. Mr. Halliday looked on calmly for a few moments, Mr. Gillespie curiously watching to see what he would do, and placidly smoking a cigar without offering any suggestion. Suddenly Mr. Halliday called to Coja ben Selim, the Swahili, and the only man whose name he knew. "You're headman; settle it," he said calmly, turning on his heel. "I give you five minutes." ...]."