They had done an immense service to him, and to all the other chiefs on the river, by breaking up the power of one who preyed upon all his neighbors, and was a scourge to trade.

As there were still several bottles of the rajah's wine left, champagne was now handed round.
"It makes my heart glad to see you, Doctor," the chief said.

"See, I am as strong and as well as ever.

Had it not been for you, my arm might now have been useless, and my ribs have grown through the flesh." "I don't think it would have been as bad as that," the doctor replied: "but there is no doubt that it was fortunate that you were able to receive surgical treatment so soon after the accident.

And it has been fortunate for us, too, especially for our young friends here." Conversation became general now, and the interpreter was kept hard at work, and Bahi divided her attention between the officers and the men, flitting in and out of the hall, and chattering away to the sailors and marines who were breakfasting outside on the stores they had brought up, supplemented by a bountiful supply of fruit, which grew in abundance round the village.