They left us sundry charms for our 'protection,' and solemnly cautioned us to keep as far away as possible from Nan-Tauach during their absence.

Half-exasperated, half-amused I watched them go.
"No work could be done without them, of course, so we decided to spend the days of their absence junketing about the southern islets of the group.

We marked down several spots for subsequent exploration, and on the morning of the third day set forth along the east face of the breakwater for our camp on Uschen-Tau, planning to have everything in readiness for the return of our men the next day.
"We landed just before dusk, tired and ready for our cots.
It was only a little after ten o'clock that Edith awakened me.
"'Listen!' she said.

'Lean over with your ear close to the ground!' "I did so, and seemed to hear, far, far below, as though coming up from great distances, a faint chanting.

It gathered strength, died down, ended; began, gathered volume, faded away into silence.
"'It's the waves rolling on rocks somewhere,' I said.