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It
was
low
,
and
covered
with
thick
vegetation
,
--
chiefly
a
kind
of
palm
,
that
was
new
to
me
.
From
one
point
a
thin
white
thread
of
vapour
rose
slantingly
to
an
immense
height
,
and
then
frayed
out
like
a
down
feather
.
We
were
now
within
the
embrace
of
a
broad
bay
flanked
on
either
hand
by
a
low
promontory
.
The
beach
was
of
dull-grey
sand
,
and
sloped
steeply
up
to
a
ridge
,
perhaps
sixty
or
seventy
feet
above
the
sea-level
,
and
irregularly
set
with
trees
and
undergrowth
.
Half
way
up
was
a
square
enclosure
of
some
greyish
stone
,
which
I
found
subsequently
was
built
partly
of
coral
and
partly
of
pumiceous
lava
.
Two
thatched
roofs
peeped
from
within
this
enclosure
.
A
man
stood
awaiting
us
at
the
water
's
edge
.
I
fancied
while
we
were
still
far
off
that
I
saw
some
other
and
very
grotesque-looking
creatures
scuttle
into
the
bushes
upon
the
slope
;
but
I
saw
nothing
of
these
as
we
drew
nearer
.
This
man
was
of
a
moderate
size
,
and
with
a
black
negroid
face
.
He
had
a
large
,
almost
lipless
,
mouth
,
extraordinary
lank
arms
,
long
thin
feet
,
and
bow-legs
,
and
stood
with
his
heavy
face
thrust
forward
staring
at
us
.
He
was
dressed
like
Montgomery
and
his
white-haired
companion
,
in
jacket
and
trousers
of
blue
serge
.
As
we
came
still
nearer
,
this
individual
began
to
run
to
and
fro
on
the
beach
,
making
the
most
grotesque
movements
.
At
a
word
of
command
from
Montgomery
,
the
four
men
in
the
launch
sprang
up
,
and
with
singularly
awkward
gestures
struck
the
lugs
.
Montgomery
steered
us
round
and
into
a
narrow
little
dock
excavated
in
the
beach
.
Then
the
man
on
the
beach
hastened
towards
us
.
This
dock
,
as
I
call
it
,
was
really
a
mere
ditch
just
long
enough
at
this
phase
of
the
tide
to
take
the
longboat
.
I
heard
the
bows
ground
in
the
sand
,
staved
the
dingey
off
the
rudder
of
the
big
boat
with
my
piggin
,
and
freeing
the
painter
,
landed
.
The
three
muffled
men
,
with
the
clumsiest
movements
,
scrambled
out
upon
the
sand
,
and
forthwith
set
to
landing
the
cargo
,
assisted
by
the
man
on
the
beach
.
I
was
struck
especially
by
the
curious
movements
of
the
legs
of
the
three
swathed
and
bandaged
boatmen
,
--
not
stiff
they
were
,
but
distorted
in
some
odd
way
,
almost
as
if
they
were
jointed
in
the
wrong
place
.
The
dogs
were
still
snarling
,
and
strained
at
their
chains
after
these
men
,
as
the
white-haired
man
landed
with
them
.
The
three
big
fellows
spoke
to
one
another
in
odd
guttural
tones
,
and
the
man
who
had
waited
for
us
on
the
beach
began
chattering
to
them
excitedly
--
a
foreign
language
,
as
I
fancied
--
as
they
laid
hands
on
some
bales
piled
near
the
stern
.
Somewhere
I
had
heard
such
a
voice
before
,
and
I
could
not
think
where
.
The
white-haired
man
stood
,
holding
in
a
tumult
of
six
dogs
,
and
bawling
orders
over
their
din
.
Montgomery
,
having
unshipped
the
rudder
,
landed
likewise
,
and
all
set
to
work
at
unloading
.
I
was
too
faint
,
what
with
my
long
fast
and
the
sun
beating
down
on
my
bare
head
,
to
offer
any
assistance
.
Presently
the
white-haired
man
seemed
to
recollect
my
presence
,
and
came
up
to
me
.
"
You
look
,
"
said
he
,
"
as
though
you
had
scarcely
breakfasted
.
"
His
little
eyes
were
a
brilliant
black
under
his
heavy
brows
.
"
I
must
apologise
for
that
.
Now
you
are
our
guest
,
we
must
make
you
comfortable
,
--
though
you
are
uninvited
,
you
know
.
"
He
looked
keenly
into
my
face
.
"
Montgomery
says
you
are
an
educated
man
,
Mr.
Prendick
;
says
you
know
something
of
science
.
May
I
ask
what
that
signifies
?
"
I
told
him
I
had
spent
some
years
at
the
Royal
College
of
Science
,
and
had
done
some
researches
in
biology
under
Huxley
.
He
raised
his
eyebrows
slightly
at
that
.
"
That
alters
the
case
a
little
,
Mr.
Prendick
,
"
he
said
,
with
a
trifle
more
respect
in
his
manner
.
"
As
it
happens
,
we
are
biologists
here
.
This
is
a
biological
station
--
of
a
sort
.
"
His
eye
rested
on
the
men
in
white
who
were
busily
hauling
the
puma
,
on
rollers
,
towards
the
walled
yard
.
"
I
and
Montgomery
,
at
least
,
"
he
added
.
Then
,
"
When
you
will
be
able
to
get
away
,
I
ca
n't
say
.
We
're
off
the
track
to
anywhere
.
We
see
a
ship
once
in
a
twelve-month
or
so
.
"
He
left
me
abruptly
,
and
went
up
the
beach
past
this
group
,
and
I
think
entered
the
enclosure
.
The
other
two
men
were
with
Montgomery
,
erecting
a
pile
of
smaller
packages
on
a
low-wheeled
truck
.
The
llama
was
still
on
the
launch
with
the
rabbit
hutches
;
the
staghounds
were
still
lashed
to
the
thwarts
.
The
pile
of
things
completed
,
all
three
men
laid
hold
of
the
truck
and
began
shoving
the
ton-weight
or
so
upon
it
after
the
puma
.
Presently
Montgomery
left
them
,
and
coming
back
to
me
held
out
his
hand
.
