There was a primitive aristocraticness about him that his fellows lacked.

The lines of his figure were more rounded than theirs, the skin smooth, well oiled, and free from disease.

On his chest, suspended from a single string of porpoise-teeth around his throat, hung a big crescent carved out of opalescent pearl-shell.

A row of pure white cowrie shells banded his brow.

From his hair drooped a long, lone feather.