The man took it gravely, made another salutation, and ate the whole.
"There's nothing wrong with him," said Mr.Hume, with a smile.

"Now we'll get him out of that and fix him up comfortably.

I like his looks, and have hopes that he will be useful." They removed him to a deck-chair, whither he was followed by the jackal, who was in such a state of suspicion that he declined food.
"What I think," said Mr.Hume, in answer to the boys, who wanted his explanation, "is this--that the man and the jackal have come from the interior." "From the Great Forest ?" "Probably from the Great Forest; for these reasons--that the men who shaped the canoe had no knowledge of the coast-built craft with their high bows; that the man is of a different race from the coast tribes; and because the jackal, from his dark markings, is evidently from a thickly wooded region.

That is merely a theory, which does not help us much, and certainly does not explain how he came to be bound and gagged in a canoe at sea hundreds of miles from the forest.

However, the main point is that we have got him, and having got him, will keep him." "Against his will, sir ?" "Oh, I reckon he will be only too thankful for our protection." "I should think, sir," said Venning, "the fact of his totem being an otter proves that his tribe derives its living mainly from fish." "That is plausible; but it may, again, be a sign of chieftainship, and a chief I have no doubt he is.