The rajah is sending a message to your captain to tell him that he must build up his palace again, pay him for the warships that he has destroyed, and provide him with a guard against his enemies until a fresh fleet has been built.

If he refuses to do this, you will both be killed." "Tell him," Harry said, "that if we are dogs, anyhow we have shown him that we can bite.

As to what he says, it is for the captain to answer; but I do not think that he will grant the terms, though possibly he may consent to spare the rajah's life, and to go away with his ship, if we are sent back to him without injury." The rajah uttered a scornful exclamation.

"I have six thousand men," he said, "and I do not need to beg my life; for were there twenty ships instead of one they could never find me, and not a man who landed and tried to come through the country would return alive.

I have given your captain the chance.