then ryn jin showed his friend how to use the talismans one by one and handed them to him. the happy hunter was very glad to have these two wonderful gems, the jewel of the flood tide and the jewel of the ebbing tide, to take back with him, for he felt that they would preserve him in case of danger from enemies at any time. after thanking his kind host again and again, he prepared to depart. the sea king and the two princesses, tayotama and tamayori, and all the inmates of the palace, came out to say "good-by," and before the sound of the last farewell had died away the happy hunter passed out from under the gateway, past the well of happy memory standing in the shade of the great katsura trees on his way to the beach.