But the people answered, saying from the shore:

"Our gods have given us already the good things, and we return Them the
worship that is Their due."

And the Yozis set their faces to landward, and cursed all things that
had been and all the years that were, and sailed in their galleons
away.

A rocky shore in an inhuman land stood up against the sea. Thither the
Yozis came and found no man, but out of the dark from inland towards
evening came a herd of great baboons and chattered greatly when they
saw the ships.

Then spake Snyrg to them:

"Have ye, too, a god?"

And the baboons spat.

Then said the Yozis:

"We be seductive gods, having a particular remembrance for little
prayers."

But the baboons leered fiercely at the Yozis and would have none of
them for gods.

One said that prayers hindered the eating of nuts. But Snyrg leaned
forward and whispered, and the baboons went down upon their knees and