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poud! lola sarreg! lola sarreg!"* I asked him then 

 to come round with us in the boat to Moggor, as 

 Shadwell had never seen the other side of the island. 

 To this he rather reluctantly assented, two or three 

 of his followers saying they would follow him armed, 

 apparently to support him, if necessary, against 

 Seewai's party. To this we made no objection, and 

 he got into the boat and went round with us. He 

 begged us, however, to land at Badoga, about half a 

 mile before we came to Moggor, as he could go no 

 further with us, but would await our return there. 



Just beyond Badoga a fence of boughs was set up 

 from a small rocky point across the beach to high 

 water mark, and a rope was stretched thence to a 

 pole set up on the reef. Beyond this we came to a 

 clear space of sand, on which there were no recent 

 footmarks, and which seemed to be the borders of 

 the hostile territories, as at the next point there was 

 another fence, beyond which we saw Keouck con- 

 cealed among the edge of the bushes. We called 

 to him, but he put his fingers to his lips, and stole 

 among the trees till he got round the next rocky 

 point, when he came out to us. We concluded he 

 had been acting as sentinel or spy on the Keriam' 

 party, though he yesterday was at that place, and 

 joined us there on landing. We walked on for 

 a mile or two; saw Seewai at Moggor just as he 

 was returning from the hill with his wife, both 



* " Peace ! peace ! no shooting, no shooting !" 



