but fell back dead, for a man named Sru thrust a whale-lance into his heart.  All this time the other white men and the rest of Charlik’s people were firing their muskets, but their bullets only hit the heavy logs of the barrier, and Letya and our people killed them very easily by putting their muskets through the spaces.  When the sailors saw their captain fall, they tried to run away, and the Lele warriors ran with them.  But when they reached the path which led up between the cliff, it too was blocked, and many of them became jammed together between the walls, and these were all killed very easily—­some with bullets, and some with big stones.  Then those that were left ran round and found inside the trap, trying to get out.  They were like rats in a cask, and our people kept killing them as they ran.  Some of them—­about thirty—­did climb over, but all were killed, for when they jumped down on the other side our people were there waiting.  At last four of the sailors made a big hole by tearing out two posts, and rushed out, followed by the Lele men.  Letya was the first man to meet the sailors, and he told them to surrender.  Two of them threw down their arms, but the other two ran at Letya, and one of them ran his cutlass into him.  It went in at the stomach, and Letya fell.  We killed all these white sailors, but some of the Lele men escaped.  That was a great pity, but then how can these things be helped?” The two strange white men who were fighting beside Le|tya, picked him up, and they carried him into his house.  He was not dead, but he said, ’I shall soon die, take me to my wife.’  I did not go with them to the house.  I went into the barrier with the other youths to kill the wounded.  It is a foolish thing not to kill wounded men; they may get better and kill you.  So we killed them.  There were fourteen white men slain in that fight beside their captain.

“Before it was daylight some of our men set out along the beach to look for the boats.  They did not want to kill any more white men, but they did want to kill Charlik.  They were very fortunate, for before they had gone far on their way they saw three of the boats coming along close in to the beach.  So they hid behind some rocks.  Charlik was in the first boat; he was standing in the bow pointing out the way.  When he came very close they all fired together, and Charlik’s life was gone.  He fell dead into the sea.  Then the boats all turned seaward, and pulled hard for the ships.  Then before long, we saw the other three boats going back to the ships; in these last were four of Charlik’s men who had escaped.  The boats were quickly pulled up, and the ships sailed away, for those on board were terrified when they heard that all the white men they had sent to fight were dead.