By visiting the African passengers in jail and showing them piles of pennies, he was able to learn to count to ten in the language spoken by most of them, which turned out to be Mende
नऊ रुपये पगार असला, तरी खाणावळीला १० रुपये द्यावे लागत, म्हणून त्यांनी शिकवण्या केल्या.