I had the luck to shoot him, and as the ship was lying very near, we hailed her for a boat in which to send off our game.

I saw a good deal of whispering among the Arabs, who, after some discussion, informed us through one of the missionaries, who kindly acted as interpreter, that the deer must belong to them, as they only promised to give the pigs, and they openly declared we should not take it on board.

I wasn't going to stand this, for many reasons.

In the first place it was necessary to show these people that we were their masters; secondly, by our agreement the deer was ours.

When the boat (a cutter with ten men unarmed) had come on shore, I gave orders for the men to return and bring their arms and ten marines, also armed.