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Pehansan, in order to be sure, sent up the two circles again, and the three promptly replied. "It is enough," said Roka joyfully. "Now they will come in great force on their snowshoes, and we will be saved with our huge prize." They waited in the utmost confidence and at times Pehansan sent up the two rings again to guide the relief band.

"But if the arrow touches the heart the big as well as the little will fall." "True, Roka, and while you hold that torch aloft I can mark the spot on his yellowish hide beneath which his heart lies. Steady, now, don't let the light waver and I think I can reach the place." He fitted the arrow to the string, bent the great bow and let fly.

Then mustering the hands together, Atkins, with Harvey, Roka, and Huka, carried the body to its last resting-place, and Huka, as Latour the steward dropped a handful of the sandy soil into the grave, prayed as he had prayed over the bodies of those who had been buried at sea simply, yet touchingly and then the party returned along the narrow palm-shaded path to the village.

As the loud report reverberated through the leafy forest aisles there came the sound of rushing feet, and Malua and the rest of the crew of the Motutapu, together with the six Pikirami natives, burst through the undergrowth, and gazed in wonder at the scene before them Harvey lying on the sand, Roka with his still-smoking rifle in his hand, standing over the dead body of Chard.

"Ay, Roka," said the trader, "we be near the land, for the kanapu never wandereth far from the shore." Low as he spoke, Tessa heard him, for she slumbered but lightly. She rose and sat up, deftly winding her loosened hair about her head. "Is it land, Harvey?" "Land is near, Tessa. We can hear the kanapu calling to each other."

It is in my heart to show these our good friends of Pikirami that there is one white man who can catch a pura." Roka showed his white teeth in an approving smile. "Thou art a clever white man, and can do all those things that we brown men can do. Malua hath told me that there is no one like thee in all the world for skill in fishing and many things. Let us go seek feke."

"Don't know mammoth and don't know mastodon," replied Pehansan, shaking his head, "but do know it is the biggest of all animals my eyes have ever seen." "It is a woods or mountain buffalo that has far outgrown its kind, just as there are giants among men," said Roka.

"He was as brave as any, as well as the most skillful of all those who fought against the great beasts," replied Roka, "and you spoke truly, Xingudan, when you said the village needed him. I make no demand that the command of Heraka be carried out. But can we keep him, Xingudan? Will he not go back to his own people when the chance comes?"

Will, who at any other time would have found the meat of the bull too tough before pounding, ate, and he ate, too, with an appetite, Roka and Pehansan joining with vigor. The odor of the cooking steak penetrated the darkness about them and they heard the fierce growling of bears and the screaming of great cats.

"As I told you," said Roka, "one young warrior, no matter how wise, cannot think of everything. We will talk not with our mouths but with the blankets." In this case the signals were quite simple. Pehansan passed the blanket twice rapidly over the fire, allowing two great coils of smoke to ascend high in the air, and then dissipate themselves there.