Not only halfway towards their own shore, but nearly all the way did they chase them, until their arrows were completely expended.
Then back came the archer-fleet, having hardly lost a single man.
Back they came, bending merrily to their paddles and singing some wild chant that mingled strangely with the scream of the carrion birds that now nearly darkened the air, or, perching upon the floating bodies, had already begun their fearful feast.
Note 1. Dug-out—a kind of large canoe made from a single tree hollowed by hatchet and fire.
Book Four—Chapter Five.
The Battle on the Mainland—Death or Victory.
From an elevated plateau on his private island, King Googagoo had witnessed all the battle. His whole army stood around him, ready, if need should be, to repel the enemy.