do to feed them."

"Poor fellows!" remarked George, as he gazed vacantly before him, lost
in contemplation.

"Well, they have been found out, and will now be dealt with in
accordance with their law."

"Was that tall fellow one of them?"

"Yes; he is the principal chief of the Korinos. Do you know they tried
to escape last night?" exclaimed Uraso.

"Is that so? Where could they go in safety on this island?"

"To their caves, of course," remarked Harry.

"Yes," added Uraso, "the Chief has no authority under ground."

The people gorged; so did the Chief. The meal was a course dinner, at
least so far as the time it took to get through with all the dishes, and
the boys smiled as they saw the Chief slowly sink down, and pass off
into oblivion.

John sat there, gazing on him, and slowly nodding his head at the
spectacle. He did not evince disgust, and when George spoke to him about
this peculiar savage trait, he remarked: "Is he any worse than many
people in our own country, who do the same thing? This is not gluttony
with the savage; he knows no better. This is one of the great enjoyments
of life which the savage knows. Teach him something better and he will
respond."

"When you stop to think of it," replied George, "I really don't see why
it is such an awful thing to eat until you are stuffed to sleepiness?"

"The real argument against it is on sanitary grounds," suggested John.
"We regard gluttony as bad because it is a selfish exhibition of taste
and habits, and in this I quite agree; but among savages the custom of
regularity in habits is not one of their understood laws. I have known
North American Indians who could each devour from six to eight pounds of
beef, and drink two quarts of coffee at one sitting. But those men would
not eat another meal for three days."

During the meal hour there was a continual round of merriment, and every
one was enjoying himself to the fullest extent. But now the hum of
voices ended. The boys were surprised.

"They are taking their noon-day siestas," said John, laughing.

The boys arose and passed out. It was true, indeed. The men, and women
too, were taking naps everywhere, the grotesque figures lying where they
had eaten their food.

[Illustration: _Fig. 8. The Jacchus._]

They made a tour. No one appeared to take any notice of them, as they
passed through the open places between the huts, because all of the food
was eaten in the open, and not within the huts. The v