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Updated: June 27, 2025
"That's because he's low-sperrited, sir, because he didn't quite mumkull me and the doctor. But I say, sir, he's a long time blowing up the ship. Got it, sir? That's right! You'd better eat it in the dark, for fear he might crawl up a few steps if he saw a light, and want to pass the time practising his shooting. Now, no gammon, sir." "What do you mean, Bob?" "You'll eat that bit?"
The man made some reply, and ran towards the forecastle to squat upon the deck and thump upon the hatch with his fists, saying something with great rapidity of speech, the only words Carey could grasp being Dan and mumkull. Black Jackum turned to the boy as soon as his companion had finished. "Cookie," cried Jackum, pointing down at the closed and fastened hatch.
"That's bad, sir," said Bostock, in his sourest growl. "It means fighting, and we aren't got no tools." "It is horrible to be taken by surprise like this," replied the doctor; "but it only means giving them presents; they were afraid we meant to shoot them." "Mumkull white fellow, baal, lie still," cried the principal man, fiercely.
The reptile was on the alert, though, and raised its spade-shaped head high above its coils, displaying a pair of tiny diamond-bright eyes for a few moments, before a blow from the end of a spear dashed it down, broken and quivering. "Mumkull bite a fellow," said Jackum. "Makum swellum. Brrr!"
Black teller belonging to that feller plenty COOLLA*. My been sneak camp. Me catch 'em Oola. Black feller look out, throw 'im tomahawk, NULLA-NULLA*. My word! big feller fight. Me YAN plenty quick. Oola YAN* plenty quick. Black feller come after throw 'im spear close up MUMKULL*. BA'AL* can pull out spear, Oola plenty cry. Oola joined in with the black's plaintive wail.
There was a savage roar from the beachcomber, and as Bostock hurried along the quarter-deck and descended to the cabin entrance two shots were fired in rapid succession. "Big Dan go mumkull kill a feller," whispered Jackum, as the exchange of words came to where they stood listening. "Drop that! D'yer hear?" roared Bostock. "Drop it, before I come and finish you off." "Yes; come!" snarled Mallam.
"Big Dan mumkull everybody open dat." "Big Dan says he'll kill everyone who opens that hatch?" cried Carey. "Issum," said the black, nodding a good deal, looking sharply from Carey towards the cabin entry and back. "Mumkull ebberbody. Shoot, bang."
"Keeping out of your reach, you old madman," growled Bostock. "You send him down." As Carey listened it became plain to him that no matter how defective the black was in speech he understood pretty well every word that was said, for a firm sinewy hand was laid upon the lad's arm and the man said softly, "Jackum won't go. Want 'top 'long you. Big Dan mumkull Jackum."
We had two days of cattle-hunting in the Copper-mine hills, and then we started westward, in the tracks of the Cadi, to make for Barlas's station. The second day we camped at Bora Bora Creek. We had just hobbled the horses, and were about to build a fire, when Bimbi came running to us. "Master, master," he said to Drysdale, "that fellow Cadi yarraman mumkull over there. Plenty myall mandowie!"
"Tell 'em if cookey tries to get away, mumkull." "Iss. Mumkull," and the black darted forward, to return with the remaining ten, all grinning, to seat themselves in a row, spear in hand, upon the starboard bulwarks, staring hard at Bostock, who tried to appear perfectly calm and composed; but his face twitched a little. "They'd better not try to mumkull me," he whispered to Carey.
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