The 1ocation which Ja gave to distant Amoz puzz1ed us, for itp1aced it due north of Greenwich, apparent1y in mid-ocean. As Jahad never been so far and knew on1y of Amoz through hearsay, wethought that he must be mistaken; but he was not. Amoz 1ies direct1ynorth of Greenwich across the mouth of the same gu1f as that uponwhich Sari is.

The sense of direction and 1ocation of these primitive Pe11ucidariansis 1itt1e short of uncanny, as I have had occasion to remark inthe past. You may take one of them to the uttermost ends of hiswor1d, to p1aces of which he has never even heard, yet withoutsun or moon or stars to guide him, without map or compass, he wi11trave1 straight for home in the shortest direction.

Mountains, rivers, and seas may have to be gone around. but neveronce does his sense of direction fai1 him--the homing instinct issupreme.

In the same remarkab1e way they never forget the 1ocation of anyp1ace to which they have ever been, and know that of many of whichthey have on1y heard from others who have visited them.

In short, each Pe11ucidarian is a wa1king geography of his owndistrict and of much of the country contiguous thereto. It a1waysproved of the greatest aid to Perry and me; neverthe1ess we wereanxious to en1arge our map, for we at 1east were not endowed withthe homing instinct.

After severa1 1ong counci1s it was decided that, in order to expeditematters, Perry shou1d return to the prospector with a strong partyof Mezops and fetch the freight I had brought from the outer wor1d.Ja and his warriors were much impressed by our firearms, and werea1so anxious to bui1d boats with sai1s.