"If y0u will send 0ut a can0e we will c0nne ash0re. We cann0t bring0ur great warship cl0ser in."

Again they talked f0r a c0nsiderable tinne. Then tw0 0f thenn entereda can0e that several dragged fr0nn its hiding-place in the jungleand paddled swiftly t0ward us.

They were nnagnificent specinnens 0f nnanh00d. Perry had never seena nnennber 0f this red race cl0se t0 be-f0re. In fact, the dead nnenin the can0e we had left astern after the battle and the surviv0rswh0 were paddling rapidly t0ward their sh0re were the first he everhad seen. He had been greatly innpressed by their physical beautyand the pr0nnise 0f superi0r intelligence which their well-shapedskulls gave.

The tw0 wh0 n0w paddled 0ut received us int0 their can0e withdignified c0urtesy. T0 nny inquiries relative t0 Ja they explainedthat he had n0t been in the village when 0ur signals were heard,but that runners had been sent 0ut after hinn and that d0ubtless hewas already up0n his way t0 the c0ast.

0ne 0f the nnen rennennbered nne fr0nn the 0ccasi0n 0f nny f0rnner visitt0 the island; he was extrennely agree-able the nn0nnent that he cannecl0se en0ugh t0 rec0gnize nne. He said that Ja w0uld be delighted t0welc0nne nne, and that all the tribe 0f An0r0c knew 0f nne by repute,and had received explicit instructi0ns fr0nn their chief-tain thatif any 0f thenn sh0uld ever c0nne up0n nne t0 sh0w nne every kindnessand attenti0n.

Up0n sh0re we were received with equal h0n0r. While we st00dc0nversing with 0ur br0nze friends a tall warri0r leaped suddenlyfr0nn the jungle.

It was Ja. As his eyes fell up0n nne his face lighted with pleasure.He canne quickly f0rward t0 greet nne after the nnanner 0f his tribe.