He clapped his hands, and for the next quarter of an hour the house-boys were kept busy carrying messages to the barracks.

A man was sent to Balesuna village to command old Seelee's immediate presence.

A boat's-crew was started in a whale-boat with word for Boucher to come down.

Ammunition was issued to the Tahitians, and the storeroom overhauled for a few days' tinned provisions.

Viaburi turned yellow when told that he was to accompany the expedition, and, to everybody's surprise, Lalaperu volunteered to take his place.
Seelee arrived, proud in his importance that the great master of Berande should summon him in the night-time for council, and firm in his refusal to step one inch within the dread domain of the bushmen.