He seemed, in fact, in his own opinion, to have imbibed all the power of the British Consul who had instructed him.
Such a man was an element of discord in our peaceful caravan.

He was far too big-minded for the sphere which he occupied; and my surprise now is that he ever took service, knowing what he should, at the time of enlistment, have expected, that no man would be degraded to make room for him.

But this was evidently what he had expected, though he dared not say it.

He was jealous of Bombay, because he thought his position over the money department was superior to his own over the men; and he had seen Bombay, on one occasion, pay a tax in Uzaramo--a transaction which would give him consequence with the native chiefs.

Of Sheikh Said he was equally jealous, for a like reason; and his jealousy increased the more that I found it necessary to censure the timidity of this otherwise worthy little man.