It was not till afterwards that it occurred to me that this must refer to the mountain top which appeared in the inland sheet of water.

To those stipulations we made no answer.

Indeed, the Orofenans did all the talking.

Finally, they ratified their oaths by a man who, I suppose, was a head priest, cutting his arm and rubbing the blood from it on the lips of the idol; also upon those of the chief.

I should add that Bastin had retired as soon as he saw that false god appear, of which I was glad, since I felt sure that he would make a scene.
The operation took place that afternoon and on the ship, for when once Marama had made up his mind to trust us he did so very thoroughly.