Then a second figure took the place of the first and he drew back the fatal blade again, but a soft voice said: "Do not strike, Dagaeoga.

I also have accounted for one of the warriors who attacked us, and no more have yet come.

We may thank the wild fowl.

Had they not warned us we should have perished." "And even then we had luck, or your Tododaho is still watching over us.

I struck at random, but the blade was guided to its mark." "And so was mine.