What happens in the mime of the bribery of the railroad surveyor?

Lakunle tells Sidi why Baroka is called the Fox and explains how he foiled the Public Works attempt to build a railroad through Ilujinle. The mime scene begins when prisoners enter the stage, and a white surveyor examines his map. The surveyor directs his sweat team where to work, and they begin chopping down the forest. The workers mark out the route and begin setting the tracks. The surveyor occupies his time by drinking whiskey,...

Lakunle tells Sidi why Baroka is called the Fox and explains how he foiled the Public Works attempt to build a railroad through Ilujinle. The mime scene begins when prisoners enter the stage, and a white surveyor examines his map. The surveyor directs his sweat team where to work, and they begin chopping down the forest. The workers mark out the route and begin setting the tracks. The surveyor occupies his time by drinking whiskey, until seemingly out of nowhere, a bull-roarer is heard. The foreman and workers panic and scatter after hearing the cacophony of noises from the bull-roarers surrounding them. The only person that is still there is the surveyor who was too surprised to move. Baroka and his attendants appear from the forest with a young girl carrying a calabash bowl. The angry surveyor accepts the gift and reveals a wad of pound notes and kola nuts from the bowl. The surveyor and Baroka establish an understanding, and the surveyor looks over his map, then shakes his head as he re-examines the bowl. Baroka gives him more money and coop of hens. Then proceeds to give him even more money and a goat. The surveyor comes to a realization that he has made a mistake. He "discovers" that the tracks should be further away from the village because the soil is much too soft to support the weight of a train. Baroka and the surveyor seal their agreement by drinking palm wine, and Baroka's men help the surveyor pack up and leave.