However, the business was not yet over; plenty of talk, and another delay of four days was declared necessary until the king should reply to the satisfactory message about to be sent.

Losing all patience, I stormed, declaring Kamrasi to be mere dust, while a white man was a king in comparison.

I ordered all my luggage to be conveyed immediately to the canoe, and declared that I would return immediately to my own country; that I did not wish to see any one so utterly devoid of manners as Kamrasi, and that no other white man would ever visit his kingdom.
The effect was magical! I rose hastily to depart.

The chiefs implored, declaring that Kamrasi would kill them all if I retreated, to prevent which misfortune they secretly instructed the canoe to be removed.

I was in a great rage, and about 400 natives, who were present, scattered in all quarters, thinking that there would be a serious quarrel.