ABSTRACT
This chapter reproduces the text from Chapter XIV of Ada Reis, Volume II. Ada Reis had been for a time entertained with the knavery, the theft, the sluggishness, the gross superstition of his new subjects; but all his desire now was to escape from them. He resolved to leave these wretched creatures and his palace, or rather his hut, and to return, if possible, to civilised society. Ada Reis threw himself at Kabkarra’s feet, and, all eagerness to hear, leant forward in a still and thoughtful attitude. Kabkarra’s eyes glared upon the wild scene before him, and clapping his hands when he began, he bade the marimondas and the birds cease their clatter, and like the grey crocodile, whose dim eyes were fixed upon him.
