Several times, in making the circuit of the deck, he managed to scratch the flying calves with his teeth.

Then Lerumie took to the main rigging, leaving Jerry impotently to rage on the deck beneath him.
About this point the blacks grouped in a semi-circle at a respectful distance, with Van Horn to the fore beside Jerry.

Van Horn centred his electric torch on the black in the rigging, and saw the long parallel scratches on the fingers of the hand that had invaded Jerry's blanket.

He pointed them out significantly to Borckman, who stood outside the circle so that no black should be able to come at his back.
Skipper picked Jerry up and soothed his anger with: "Good boy, Jerry.

You marked and sealed him.