They reviled him, they spat on him, as day by day he followed in the canoe tied to their greater canoe.

They made plans about him to kill him, but the chief man said even a dog had his price.

So they forebore to slay Muata, but they carried him down the father of waters to where there was a still greater canoe with wings.

They put a gag into his mouth to still his voice, but in the night the jackal bit through the rope, and Muata was alone on the waters.
"Then the jackal cried suddenly, and Muata was borne out of the water, and he was fed.
"That is the story of Muata, and his heart goes out to the white men who brought him out of the darkness.".