He explains his misgivings over Booker's plan because it was too late to embark upon it and because it was confined to the area of the delta and did not cover commerce with the indigenous peoples of the interior, though he describes Booker as a good merchant, a good Christian, and exactly the kind of man they needed. He therefore suggests that the real decision should lie with those in London because Booker's idea would indeed benefit Africa. He fully approves Forster's scheme to send out a planter, saying that it was the very purpose of the expedition.