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As
soon
as
we
came
within
sight
of
it
,
we
hove
the
ship
to
and
held
a
council
of
war
.
"
Now
,
boys
,
"
said
Jack
as
we
seated
ourselves
beside
him
on
the
cabin
skylight
,
"
before
we
go
further
in
this
business
we
must
go
over
the
pros
and
cons
of
it
;
for
although
you
have
so
generously
consented
to
stick
by
me
through
thick
and
thin
,
it
would
be
unfair
did
I
not
see
that
you
thoroughly
understand
the
danger
of
what
we
are
about
to
attempt
.
"
"
Oh
,
bother
the
danger
!
"
cried
Peterkin
.
"
I
wonder
to
hear
you
,
Jack
,
talk
of
danger
!
When
a
fellow
begins
to
talk
about
it
,
he
'll
soon
come
to
magnify
it
to
such
a
degree
that
he
'll
not
be
fit
to
face
it
when
it
comes
--
no
more
than
a
suckin
'
baby
.
"
"
Nay
,
Peterkin
,
"
replied
Jack
gravely
,
"
I
wo
n't
be
jested
out
of
it
.
I
grant
you
that
when
we
've
once
resolved
to
act
,
and
have
made
up
our
minds
what
to
do
,
we
should
think
no
more
of
danger
.
But
before
we
have
so
resolved
,
it
behoves
us
to
look
it
straight
in
the
face
,
and
examine
into
it
,
and
walk
round
it
;
for
if
we
flinch
at
a
distant
view
,
we
're
sure
to
run
away
when
the
danger
is
near
.
--
Now
,
I
understand
from
you
,
Ralph
,
that
the
island
is
inhabited
by
thorough-going
,
out-and-out
cannibals
,
whose
principal
law
is
,
'
Might
is
right
,
and
the
weakest
goes
to
the
wall
?
'
"
"
Yes
,
"
said
I
;
"
so
Bill
gave
me
to
understand
.
He
told
me
,
however
,
that
at
the
southern
side
of
it
the
missionaries
had
obtained
a
footing
amongst
an
insignificant
tribe
.
A
native
teacher
had
been
sent
there
by
the
Wesleyans
,
who
had
succeeded
in
persuading
the
chief
at
that
part
to
embrace
Christianity
.
But
instead
of
that
being
of
any
advantage
to
our
enterprise
,
it
seems
the
very
reverse
;
for
the
chief
Tararo
is
a
determined
heathen
,
and
persecutes
the
Christians
--
who
are
far
too
weak
in
numbers
to
offer
any
resistance
--
and
looks
with
dislike
upon
all
white
men
,
whom
he
regards
as
propagators
of
the
new
faith
.
"
"
'
Tis
a
pity
,
"
said
Jack
,
"
that
the
Christian
tribe
is
so
small
,
for
we
shall
scarcely
be
safe
under
their
protection
,
I
fear
.
If
Tararo
takes
it
into
his
head
to
wish
for
our
vessel
,
or
to
kill
ourselves
,
he
could
take
us
from
them
by
force
.
You
say
that
the
native
missionary
talks
English
?
"
"
So
I
believe
.
"
"
Then
,
what
I
propose
is
this
,
"
said
Jack
.
"
We
will
run
round
to
the
south
side
of
the
island
,
and
cast
anchor
off
the
Christian
village
.
We
are
too
far
away
just
now
to
have
been
descried
by
any
of
the
savages
,
so
we
shall
get
there
unobserved
,
and
have
time
to
arrange
our
plans
before
the
heathen
tribes
know
of
our
presence
.
But
in
doing
this
we
run
the
risk
of
being
captured
by
the
ill-disposed
tribes
,
and
being
very
ill-used
,
if
not
--
a
--
"
"
Roasted
alive
and
eaten
!
"
cried
Peterkin
.
"
Come
,
out
with
it
,
Jack
!
According
to
your
own
showing
,
it
's
well
to
look
the
danger
straight
in
the
face
.
"
