And what greater joke could there be than that the bushmen should have eaten him?
It was the funniest incident that had come under their notice in many a day.

And to them there was certainly nothing unusual nor bizarre in the event.
Gogoomy had completed the life-cycle of the bushman.

He had taken heads, and now his own head had been taken.

He had eaten men, and now he had been eaten by men.
The Poonga-Poonga men's laughter died down, and they regarded the spectacle with glittering eyes and gluttonous expressions.

The Tahitians, on the other hand, were shocked, and Adamu Adam was shaking his head slowly and grunting forth his disgust.