The interior was decorated with ferns, war implements, the skins of various animals, and last--but by no means least--the "sword" of the great sawfish I had killed in the haunted lagoon.

This house contained no fireplace, because all the cooking was done in the open air.

The walls were built of rough logs, the crevices being filled in with earth taken from ant-hills.

I have just said that _I_ built the house.

This is, perhaps, not strictly correct.