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The Mahdi lifted one gracefully shaped hand and pointed across theriver. She wore long skirts and a wide-brimmed straw hat, for thesun was already high and hot. There is one message for General Gordon, and another for DavidBenbrook, the British consul. This discouraged all but a few of thebravest, most foolhardy captains, and most of the small boats turnedback for the shore.

To one of these--the Kami of courage--the mission ofsubduing the land of many islands was entrusted, and associated withhim in the work was the Kami of boats, a son of Izanagi and Izanami. But General Gordon took it allfrom him. At long last, after allthese months of meticulous labour, the repairs were complete. Youth has beauty inherent in its very nature.