upon his club as he stood in the blood-stained furrow:

"Lord Greatauk, dreaded Prince," said he, bowing to the ground, "I
come to pay you the homage due to the founder of legitimate power and
hereditary wealth. The skull of the vile Penguin you have overthrown
will, buried in your field, attest for ever the sacred rights of your
posterity over this soil that you have ennobled. Blessed be your suns
and your sons' sons! They shall be Greatauks, Dukes of Skull, and they
shall rule over this island of Alca."

Then raising his voice and turning towards the holy Mael:

"Bless Greatauk, father, for all power comes from God."

Mael remained silent and motionless, with his eyes raised towards
heaven; he felt a painful uncertainty in judging the monk Bulloch's
doctrine. It was, however, the doctrine destined to prevail in epochs of
advanced civilization. Bulloch can be considered as the creator of civil
law in Penguinia.




IV. THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF THE ESTATES OF PENGUINIA

"Bulloch, my son," said old Mael, "we ought to make a census of the
Penguins and inscribe each of their names in a book."

"It is a most urgent matter," answered Bulloch, "there can be no good
government without it."