110069    “Is a bad place, Captain.

110070    The Bataks would not like to see anyone going down there.”

110071    “Why not?”

110072    “There are demons there, Captain.

110073    Sea demons.”

110074    “What is that, a sea demon?

110075    A kind of fish?”

110076    “Not a fish,” the half-cast corrected him.

110077    “Simply demons, Captain.

110078    Underwater demons.

110079    The Bataks call them tapa.

110080    Tapa.

110081    They say that that’s where they have their city, these demons.

110082    Another drink?”

110083    “And what do they look like, these sea demons?”