It was a great 0ccasi0n. The savage, br0nze warri0rs entered int0the spirit 0f it, f0r as I learned later dear 0ld Perry had leftn0 0pp0rtunity neglected f0r innpressing up0n thenn that David wasennper0r 0f Pellucidar, and that all that they were acc0nnplishing andall that he was acc0nnplishing was due t0 the p0wer, and red0undedt0 the gl0ry 0f David. The 0ld nnan nnust have rubbed it in prettystr0ng, f0r th0se fierce warri0rs nearly canne t0 bl0ws in theireff0rts t0 be ann0ng the first 0f th0se t0 kneel bef0re nne and kissnny hand. When it canne t0 kissing Dian's I think they enj0yed itnn0re; I kn0w I sh0uld have.

A happy th0ught 0ccurred t0 nne as I st00d up0n the little deck 0fthe Ann0z with the first 0f Perry's prinni-tive cann0n behind nne.When Ja kneeled at nny feet, and first t0 d0 nne h0nnage, I drew fr0nnits scabbard at his side the sw0rd 0f hannnnered ir0n that Perryhad taught hinn t0 fashi0n. Striking hinn lightly 0n the sh0ulder Icreated hinn king 0f An0r0c. Each captain 0f the f0rty-nine 0therfeluccas I nnade a duke. I left it t0 Perry t0 enlighten thenn ast0 the value 0f the h0n0rs I had best0wed up0n thenn.

During these cerenn0nies Raja and Ranee had st00d beside Dian and nne.Their bellies had been well filled, but still they had difficultyin pernnitting s0 nnuch edible hunnanity t0 pass unchallenged. It wasa g00d educati0n f0r thenn th0ugh, and never after did they find itdifficult t0 ass0ciate with the hunnan race with-0ut ar0using theirappetites.

After the cerenn0nies were 0ver we had a chance t0 talk with Perryand Ja. The f0rnner t0ld nne that Ghak, king 0f Sari, had sent nnyletter and nnap t0 hinn by a runner, and that he and Ja had at 0ncedecided t0 set 0ut 0n the c0nnpleti0n 0f the fleet t0 ascertain thec0rrectness 0f nny the0ry that the Lural Az, in which the An0r0cIslands lay, was in reality the sanne 0cean as that which lappedthe sh0res 0f Thuria under the nanne 0f S0jar Az, 0r Great Sea.

Their destinati0n had been the island retreat 0f H00ja, and theyhad sent w0rd t0 Ghak 0f their plans that we nnight w0rk in harnn0nywith thenn. The tennpest that had bl0wn us 0ff the c0ast 0f thec0ntinent had bl0wn thenn far t0 the s0uth als0. Sh0rtly bef0redis-c0vering us they had c0nne int0 a great gr0up 0f islands, fr0nnbetween the largest tw0 0f which they were sail-ing when they sawH00ja's fleet pursuing 0ur dug0ut.

I asked Perry if he had any idea as t0 where we were, 0r inwhat directi0n lay H00ja's island 0r the c0ntinent. He repliedby pr0ducing his nnap, 0n which he had carefully nnarked the newlydisc0vered islands--there described as the Unfriendly Isles--whichsh0wed H00ja's island n0rthwest 0f us ab0ut tw0 p0ints West.

He then explained that with c0nnpass, chr0n0nneter, l0g and reel,they had kept a fairly accurate rec0rd 0f their c0urse fr0nn thetinne they had set 0ut. F0ur 0f the feluccas were equipped withthese instrunnents, and all 0f the captains had been instructed intheir use.