"He then asked, 'Do you know why your curragh has stopped?'
"I answered, 'No;' and he said, 'It has been stopped by me; and it will never move from that spot till you promise me to do what I shall ask of you.'
"I replied that perhaps it was not in my power to grant his demand.
"'It is in your power,' he answered; 'and if you refuse me, the torments of hell shall be your doom.'
"He then came close to the curragh, and, laying his hands on me, he made me swear to do what he demanded.
"'What I ask is this,' said he; 'that you throw into the sea this moment all the ill-gotten treasures you have in the curragh.'
"This grieved me very much, and I replied, 'It is a pity that all these costly things should be lost.'
"To which he answered, 'They will not go to loss; a person will be sent to take charge of them. Now do as I say.'
"So, greatly against my wishes, I threw all the beautiful precious articles overboard, keeping only a small wooden cup to drink from.
"'You will now continue your voyage,' he said; 'and the first solid ground your curragh reaches, there you are to stay.'