For instance, some sailors told Geert that the heaps of grain they had unloaded for starving Ethiopians were still lying there months later when they called again, only by then the grain was rotten and infested with rats.
Näiteks rääkisid mõned meremehed Geertile, et teraviljakuhjad, mida nad nälgivate etiooplaste jaoks olid maha laadinud, vedelesid ikka veel seal, kui nad mitmeid kuid hiljem uuesti seal käisid, ainult et selleks ajaks oli vili riknenud ja kubises rottidest.