By Captain W.E. Johns
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They were constructed out of the mighty forty-foot fronds of Mipas palms, beautifully arranged so that the rain, when it came, would be shot off. Living quarters were constructed for officers and airmen, and temporary store-houses were run up to accommodate the stores as fast as they were unloaded from the machines. Biggles selected the spots where the buildings were to be erected, while Rex spent most of the day talking with the chief and his senior warriors, describing as well as he could what was happening in the world, the progress that had already been made by the yellow invaders from Japan, and how the British airmen, with their aeroplanes, hoped to hamper their efforts—with all of which Suba was in full agreement.
There are four cannon under the nose and six Browning machine-guns in the wings. There are more guns in the rear cockpit, which is a power-operated turret behind the pilot. The Beau was designed for heavy striking power, high diving speed and big loads. Four petrol tanks carry five hundred and fifty gallons of fuel, which gives the machine a range of fifteen hundred miles. Speed is rather more than three hundred and thirty miles an hour. Ceiling is around twenty-nine thousand feet. Entry is by hatch under the fuselage.
As he walked he became aware that somewhere far away a drum was tapping—not so much a regular beat as a curious broken mutter. Presently other drums joined in, enhancing the strange wildness of the scene. He jumped when close at hand yet another drum joined in the savage music—toma-tomatom-tom, toma-tom-toma-tom. Walking towards the sound, Ginger came upon a scene that was as barbaric as could be imagined. Suspended from a great branch was what appeared to be a length of tree-trunk, hollow, with a slit down the side.