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Vessels fitted with tanks Native pilots agree to guide them to India Their advanced knowledge of navigation Another column erected A convict lad left with the King Farewells Ships sail Mortality Coast of India seen Anchor off Capocate Dark-skinned naked natives appear Da Gama's politic treatment of natives A Nair comes from the King of Calecut Da Gama fabricates a story to account for his visit The Moorish traders plot to destroy the Portuguese A Castilian comes on board Warns da Gama of the Moors' plot Nicolas Coelho sent on shore with rich presents for the King Tired by delays Coelho received by the King Arrangements made for trading Merchandise landed Damaged spices offered in return Received by the Portuguese The Castilian warns da Gama not to venture on shore without hostages Hostages sent off Vasco da Gama visits the King of Calecut Magnificent presents sent by the King.
At about the same time in the evening the yellow car again rolled into view, and on this occasion I devoted all my attention to the dark-skinned chauffeur, upon whom I directed my glasses. As the girl alighted and spoke to him for a moment, he raised the goggles which habitually he wore and I saw his face. A theory which I had formed on the previous night proved correct.
Little by little I learned the following facts about it: His father was of pure Szeklar or original Hungarian stock, as dark-skinned as a Hindoo, and his mother was from one of the families of Western Hungary, with probably some Saxon blood in her veins. His three brothers were dark like his father, but he and his sister were blondes.
The Pigmy people are not so dark-skinned as the other races of Central Africa, and they are very small, not so high as an ordinary man's shoulder. They live by hunting with a bow and arrow. The Pigmy man respects the chief whose village he settles in, but he does not fight for him or serve him as the other people do in his village. When he chooses, he leaves that village and goes somewhere else.
The padre was holding converse with those of his dark-skinned flock who had approached; so we two women crouched down under the chapel eaves and gazed around us at the wind-tossed, rain-blurred scene.
Chinamen, all alike, very yellow, with almond-shaped eyes, youthful, hairless faces, long pigtails, spotlessly clean clothes, and an expression of mingled cunning and simplicity, "foreigners," half-whites, a few negroes, and a very few dark-skinned Polynesians from the far-off South Seas, made up the rest of the rainbow-tinted crowd.
A minute later, again without form of announcement or seeking permission, he opened the ranch house door and stepped inside. Within the room, beside a table with an oilcloth cover, four men were eating. A fifth, a dark-skinned Mexican, was standing by a stove in one corner baking pancakes. All looked up as the door opened.
The Indian makes very little ceremony of his farewells to the members of their families and after Colonel Howell had talked a few moments with them the dark-skinned boatmen announced themselves ready. The matter of luncheon seemed to worry neither Moosetooth nor La Biche.
The hearts of the dark-skinned children of that burning clime are as susceptible of the tender sentiments of love and friendship as many of those boasting a higher degree of civilisation, and a complexion of a fairer hue. No couple, indeed, could have been more warmly attached than were young Orlo and Era, who had lately become man and wife, and taken up their abode in the village.
The sight of the quiet dark-skinned breeds, each with a Winchester on his arm was sufficiently intimidating. The boy swung his legs out of bed. "All right," he said, philosophically. "Throw your light on my clothes, will you?" He commenced to dress without more ado. Presently he asked coolly; "What do you want me for, and who are you anyway?" "I'm Ambrose Doane," said Ambrose.
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