An hour's journey brought them to the bank of the river, which, dividing above it, engirdled the town, to reunite near the roadway that they followed.

Here canoes were ready to take them across to the island, or rather the peninsula, on which the city was built.

On the other side of the river they found priests waiting in the great gateway with two litters that had been prepared for Juanna and Otter respectively.

This, the further bank, was lined with some thousands of spectators, who, when the divine pair set their feet upon its shores, prostrated themselves, men, women, and children, and burst into a shout of welcome.
Juanna and Otter took no heed.

With such dignity as they could command, and in the dwarf's case it was not much, they entered the litters, drew the hide curtains, and were borne forward swiftly.