n the terror of the country for so many years; and one man, as he
observed his short figure and coarse and ugly features, exclaimed,--"Is
that the hideous little fellow who has alarmed us so long?"

"Yes," replied Aqualonga, darting a fierce look at him from his black
eyes; "in this small body is the heart of a giant."

At his request he was allowed to die in his colonel's uniform; and just
before he was shot, he declared that had he twenty lives, he would have
been ready to sacrifice them all for the king he served.

But to return to the time I was describing. We all of us endeavoured,
by every means in our power, to express our gratitude to Kanimapo for
the service he had rendered us.

"I have but done my duty," he answered, "and tried to prove that I am
grateful for the kindness I received at your hands. I wish to render
you still further service. I must now go back to my people, who have so
long shown enmity to you and your family; and I hope to teach them that
it is their duty, as it is assuredly to their interests, to be on
friendly terms with those who truly wish to benefit them."

"And I, my friend," said the padre, "will accompany you. I may be able
to counteract the evil effects produced on their minds by the Spanish
emissaries, and tell them of a purer faith than any they have hitherto
heard of."

"And I will go also," exclaimed the doctor. "I should like to study
their habits and customs; and I may be able, by healing them of their
complaints, to support my friend the padre in his endeavours to
enlighten the minds of the poor savages, and thus show practically that
our wish is to benefit them."

Kanimapo accordingly set off, accompanied by the padre and the doctor;
the former having resumed his clerical robes, while the latter was
attended by his faithful dog Jumbo.

We had, of course, immediately on our arrival, despatched a messenger to
my father to announce the recovery of Norah, and my safety. The next
day Uncle Denis, with Gerald and Tim, went home with their followers.

After spending a few days with my friends, I was compelled to conduct my
llaneros back to rejoin the army.

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I need not mention the other events of the campaign. At the end of a
couple of months, Don Carlos and I again got leave to return home; and I
accompanied him to his father's house, where Norah had since been
staying, and where the whole of