nd kiss my hand. When it came to
kissing Dian's I think they enjoyed it more; I know I should have.

A happy thought occurred to me as I stood upon the little deck of the
Amoz with the first of Perry's primi-tive cannon behind me. When Ja
kneeled at my feet, and first to do me homage, I drew from its scabbard
at his side the sword of hammered iron that Perry had taught him to
fashion. Striking him lightly on the shoulder I created him king of
Anoroc. Each captain of the forty-nine other feluccas I made a duke.
I left it to Perry to enlighten them as to the value of the honors I
had bestowed upon them.

During these ceremonies Raja and Ranee had stood beside Dian and me.
Their bellies had been well filled, but still they had difficulty in
permitting so much edible humanity to pass unchallenged. It was a good
education for them though, and never after did they find it difficult
to associate with the human race with-out arousing their appetites.

After the ceremonies were over we had a chance to talk with Perry and
Ja. The former told me that Ghak, king of Sari, had sent my letter and
map to him by a runner, and that he and Ja had at once decided to set
out on the completion of the fleet to ascertain the correctness of my
theory that the Lural Az, in which the Anoroc Islands lay, was in
reality the same ocean as that which lapped the shores of Thuria under
the name of Sojar Az, or Great Sea.

Their destination had been the island retreat of Hooja, and they had
sent word to Ghak of their plans that we might work in harmony with
them. The tempest that had blown us off the coast of the continent had
blown them far to the south also. Shortly before discovering us they
had come into a great group of islands, from between the largest two of
which they were sailing when they saw Hooja's fleet pursuing our dugout.

I asked Perry if he had any idea as to where we were, or in what
direction lay Hooja's island or the continent. He replied by producing
his map, on which he had carefully marked the newly discovered
islands--there described as the Unfriendly Isles--which showed Hooja's
island northwest of us about two points West.

He then explained that with compass, chronometer, log and reel, they
had kept a fairly accurate record of their course from the time they
had set out. Four of the feluccas were equipped with these
instruments, and all of the captains had been instructed in their use.

I was very greatly surp