ItappearedthatonthedaythatAbd-el-KaderhadorderedKabbaRegatodisarmthepeopleofSuleimanuponhisfirstarrivalatMasindi，theyoungkinghadcertainlyorderedtheirdisarmament，buthehadhimselfretainedtheirarmsandammunition，inadditiontoagoatskinbagwithabout300roundsofball-cartridge。Thishadneverbeenreportedtome。
Themendaciousyoungkinghadtheaudacitytodenythis，infaceofseveralwitnesses；andhewouldatoncehaveretiredfromthedivanandprobablyIshouldneverhaveseenhimagainhadInotinsisteduponhisremaininguntiltheaffairhadbeenthoroughlyexplained。
ItwasthendiscoveredthathehadreturnedallthemusketstoAbd-el-Kader，exceptfive；whichwerenotforthcoming。
Irequestedhiminfuturetoadheremorestrictlytothetruth；asitwasadisgraceforamaninhispositiontotellafalsehood，whichwouldrenderitimpossibleformetoplaceimplicitconfidenceinhim；
atthesametimeIinsistedupontheimmediatereturnoftheguns，togetherwiththecartouche-beltsandammunition。