CHAPTER XCII.
The God Keevi And The Precipice Op Mondo One object of interest in Ohonoo was the original image of Keevi the god of Thieves; hence, from time immemorial, the tutelar deity of the isle.
His shrine was a natural niche in a cliff, walling in the valley of Monlova And here stood Keevi, with his five eyes, ten hands, and three pair of legs, equipped at all points for the vocation over which he presided.

Of mighty girth, his arms terminated in hands, every finger a limb, spreading in multiplied digits: palms twice five, and fifty fingers.
According to the legend, Keevi fell from a golden cloud, burying himself to the thighs in the earth, tearing up the soil all round.
Three meditative mortals, strolling by at the time, had a narrow escape.
A wonderful recital; but none of us voyagers durst flout it.

Did they not show us the identical spot where the idol fell?
We descended into the hollow, now verdant.

Questionless, Keevi himself would have vouched for the truth of the miracle, had he not been unfortunately dumb.

But by far the most cogent, and pointed argument advanced in support of this story, is a spear which the priests of Keevi brought forth, for Babbalanja to view.
"Let me look at it closer," said Babbalanja.
And turning it over and over and curiously inspecting it, "Wonderful spear," he cried.