For, of course, all hope of escape by sea had now to be abandoned, since my boat was destroyed.

Several days elapsed, however, before I was able to remain in their presence without a feeling of utter disgust.

To be precise, I could not talk to them before they ate, because they were so anxious to get at the food; and after the feast they were too gorged with fat to be able to talk rationally.

In all my wanderings amongst the blacks I never came across anything that interested them so much as a whale.
Soon after the loss of the boat, Yamba made me a small bark canoe about fifteen feet long, but not more than fourteen inches wide, and in this we undertook various little excursions together to the various islands that studded the bay.

The construction of this little canoe was very interesting.