On the following day I attacked my host once more about the revolver, telling him with well-acted indignation that if not found it must be paid for.

I went so far as to give a list of the articles I should require, including a bow and arrows, zabatana, two spears, and other things which I need not specify, to set me up for life as a wild man in the woods of Guayana.

I was going to add a wife, but as I had already been offered one it did not appear to be necessary.

He seemed a little taken aback at the value I set upon my weapon, and promised to go and look for it again.

Then I begged that Kua-ko, in whose sharpness of sight I had great faith, might accompany us.