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"

Nectar

!

perfect

nectar

!

--

I

say

,

Jack

,

you

're

a

Briton

--

the

best

fellow

I

ever

met

in

my

life

--

Only

taste

that

!

"

said

he

,

turning

to

me

and

holding

the

nut

to

my

mouth

.

I

immediately

drank

,

and

certainly

I

was

much

surprised

at

the

delightful

liquid

that

flowed

copiously

down

my

throat

.

It

was

extremely

cool

,

and

had

a

sweet

taste

,

mingled

with

acid

;

in

fact

,

it

was

the

likest

thing

to

lemonade

I

ever

tasted

,

and

was

most

grateful

and

refreshing

.

I

handed

the

nut

to

Jack

,

who

,

after

tasting

it

,

said

,

"

Now

,

Peterkin

,

you

unbeliever

!

I

never

saw

or

tasted

a

cocoa-nut

in

my

life

before

,

except

those

sold

in

shops

at

home

;

but

I

once

read

that

the

green

nuts

contain

that

stuff

;

and

you

see

it

is

true

.

"

"

And

,

pray

,

"

asked

Peterkin

,

"

what

sort

of

'

stuff

'

does

the

ripe

nut

contain

?

"

"

A

hollow

kernel

,

"

answered

Jack

,

"

with

a

liquid

like

milk

in

it

;

but

it

does

not

satisfy

thirst

so

well

as

hunger

.

It

is

very

wholesome

food

,

I

believe

.

"

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"

Meat

and

drink

on

the

same

tree

!

"

cried

Peterkin

;

"

washing

in

the

sea

,

lodging

on

the

ground

--

and

all

for

nothing

!

My

dear

boys

,

we

're

set

up

for

life

!

It

must

be

the

ancient

Paradise

--

hurrah

!

"

and

Peterkin

tossed

his

straw

hat

in

the

air

and

ran

along

the

beach

,

hallooing

like

a

madman

with

delight

.

We

afterwards

found

,

however

,

that

these

lovely

islands

were

very

unlike

Paradise

in

many

things

.

But

more

of

this

in

its

proper

place

.

We

had

now

come

to

the

point

of

rocks

on

which

the

ship

had

struck

,

but

did

not

find

a

single

article

,

although

we

searched

carefully

among

the

coral

rocks

,

which

at

this

place

jutted

out

so

far

as

nearly

to

join

the

reef

that

encircled

the

island

.

Just

as

we

were

about

to

return

,

however

,

we

saw

something

black

floating

in

a

little

cove

that

had

escaped

our

observation

.

Running

forward

,

we

drew

it

from

the

water

,

and

found

it

to

be

a

long

,

thick

,

leather

boot

,

such

as

fishermen

at

home

wear

;

and

a

few

paces

farther

on

,

we

picked

up

its

fellow

.

We

at

once

recognised

these

as

having

belonged

to

our

captain

,

for

he

had

worn

them

during

the

whole

of

the

storm

in

order

to

guard

his

legs

from

the

waves

and

spray

that

constantly

washed

over

our

decks

.

My

first

thought

on

seeing

them

was

that

our

dear

captain

had

been

drowned

;

but

Jack

soon

put

my

mind

more

at

rest

on

that

point

by

saying

that

if

the

captain

had

been

drowned

with

the

boots

on

,

he

would

certainly

have

been

washed

ashore

along

with

them

,

and

that

he

had

no

doubt

whatever

he

had

kicked

them

off

while

in

the

sea

that

he

might

swim

more

easily

.

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Peterkin

immediately

put

them

on

;

but

they

were

so

large

that

,

as

Jack

said

,

they

would

have

done

for

boots

,

trousers

,

and

vest

too

.

I

also

tried

them

;

but

although

I

was

long

enough

in

the

legs

for

them

,

they

were

much

too

large

in

the

feet

for

me

.

So

we

handed

them

to

Jack

,

who

was

anxious

to

make

me

keep

them

;

but

as

they

fitted

his

large

limbs

and

feet

as

if

they

had

been

made

for

him

,

I

would

not

hear

of

it

,

so

he

consented

at

last

to

use

them

.

I

may

remark

,

however

,

that

Jack

did

not

use

them

often

,

as

they

were

extremely

heavy

.

It

was

beginning

to

grow

dark

when

we

returned

to

our

encampment

;

so

we

put

off

our

visit

to

the

top

of

a

hill

till

next

day

,

and

employed

the

light

that

yet

remained

to

us

in

cutting

down

a

quantity

of

boughs

and

the

broad

leaves

of

a

tree

of

which

none

of

us

knew

the

name

.

With

these

we

erected

a

sort

of

rustic

bower

,

in

which

we

meant

to

pass

the

night

.

There

was

no

absolute

necessity

for

this

,

because

the

air

of

our

island

was

so

genial

and

balmy

that

we

could

have

slept

quite

well

without

any

shelter

;

but

we

were

so

little

used

to

sleeping

in

the

open

air

that

we

did

not

quite

relish

the

idea

of

lying

down

without

any

covering

over

us

.

Besides

,

our

bower

would

shelter

us

from

the

night-dews

or

rain

,

if

any

should

happen

to

fall

.

Having

strewed

the

floor

with

leaves

and

dry

grass

,

we

bethought

ourselves

of

supper

.

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