At last we had to stop from sheer want of breath, and on entering the hut Kakaik informed us that it was through the exertions of Manilick that the fiddle had been recovered.  He had paid half-a-dozen yards of cotton, the same number of strings of beads, a looking-glass, and a frying-pan, for the treasure.  It had been regarded with reverential awe by the possessors.  He sent it, however, as a gift to the rightful owner, and declined to receive anything in return.