He offered to train it, if Fritz would part with it; but this Fritz indignantly refused.

I told them the fable of the dog in the manger, which abashed Fritz; and he then besought his brother to teach him the means of training this noble bird, and promised to present him with his monkey.
Ernest then told him that the Caribs subdue the largest birds by making them inhale tobacco smoke.

Fritz laughed at this; but Ernest brought a pipe and some tobacco he had found in the ship, and began to smoke gravely under the branch where the bird was perched.

It was soon calm, and on his continuing to smoke it became quite motionless.

Fritz then easily replaced the bandage, and thanked his brother for his good service.
The next morning we set out early to our young plantation of fruit-trees, to fix props to support the weaker plants.