Khan-li.
Allah! A bad prospect for our greedy friends! And being a nation of
traders they had no liking, probably, for the perils of war.

Nofuhl.
As to that historians differ. According to the Mehrikans themselves
they were mighty warriors. But certain writers of that period give a
different impression. Noz-yt-ahl is sure they were cowards, weak in
body as in spirit, but often favored by fortune. In my opinion, this
battle throws considerable light upon that matter.

A day like this, it was, also in June, as the Europeans, coming
northward along the coast to seize Nhu-Yok, met the Mehrikan Admiral
Nev-r-sai-di with his eighty ships. And the struggle was short.

Khan-li.
Verily, I can believe it! With three ships to one I would give the
Europeans about half a day--a summer afternoon like this--to send
the greedy ones to the bottom.

Nofuhl.
Thy guess is good, O Prince, as to the hours of fighting. It lasted
just one summer afternoon. But the Mehrikans it was who sent their
enemies to the bottom. And the sea beneath our feet is strewn with
iron hulks.

Khan-li.
Bismillah! If that be a true tale--and I doubt it not--these
greedy ones were not so contemptible, at least when there was profit
in it.