We made out in three places light plumes of smoke.
Now some one uttered a cry, "Men!" They were running out of the wood, down upon the white beach.

There might be a hundred.
"Naked men! They are dark--They are negroes!"-- "Or magicians!" The Admiral lifted his great voice.

"Mariners all! India and Cathay are fringed with islands, as are many parts of Europe.

A dozen of you have sailed among the Greek islands.

There may be as many here as those.