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Full
of
these
discoveries
,
we
returned
to
our
encampment
.
On
the
way
we
fell
in
with
the
traces
of
some
four-footed
animal
,
but
whether
old
or
of
recent
date
none
of
us
were
able
to
guess
.
This
also
tended
to
raise
our
hopes
of
obtaining
some
animal
food
on
the
island
;
so
we
reached
home
in
good
spirits
,
quite
prepared
for
supper
,
and
highly
satisfied
with
our
excursion
.
After
much
discussion
,
in
which
Peterkin
took
the
lead
,
we
came
to
the
conclusion
that
the
island
was
uninhabited
,
and
went
to
bed
.
For
several
days
after
the
excursion
related
in
the
last
chapter
we
did
not
wander
far
from
our
encampment
,
but
gave
ourselves
up
to
forming
plans
for
the
future
and
making
our
present
abode
comfortable
.
There
were
various
causes
that
induced
this
state
of
comparative
inaction
.
In
the
first
place
,
although
everything
around
us
was
so
delightful
,
and
we
could
without
difficulty
obtain
all
that
we
required
for
our
bodily
comfort
,
we
did
not
quite
like
the
idea
of
settling
down
here
for
the
rest
of
our
lives
,
far
away
from
our
friends
and
our
native
land
.
To
set
energetically
about
preparations
for
a
permanent
residence
seemed
so
like
making
up
our
minds
to
saying
adieu
to
home
and
friends
for
ever
that
we
tacitly
shrank
from
it
,
and
put
off
our
preparations
,
for
one
reason
and
another
,
as
long
as
we
could
.
Then
there
was
a
little
uncertainty
still
as
to
there
being
natives
on
the
island
,
and
we
entertained
a
kind
of
faint
hope
that
a
ship
might
come
and
take
us
off
.
But
as
day
after
day
passed
,
and
neither
savages
nor
ships
appeared
,
we
gave
up
all
hope
of
an
early
deliverance
,
and
set
diligently
to
work
at
our
homestead
.
During
this
time
,
however
,
we
had
not
been
altogether
idle
.
We
made
several
experiments
in
cooking
the
cocoa-nut
,
most
of
which
did
not
improve
it
.
Then
we
removed
our
goods
and
took
up
our
abode
in
the
cave
,
but
found
the
change
so
bad
that
we
returned
gladly
to
the
bower
.
Besides
this
,
we
bathed
very
frequently
,
and
talked
a
great
deal
--
at
least
Jack
and
Peterkin
did
;
I
listened
.
Among
other
useful
things
,
Jack
,
who
was
ever
the
most
active
and
diligent
,
converted
about
three
inches
of
the
hoop-iron
into
an
excellent
knife
.
First
,
he
beat
it
quite
flat
with
the
axe
;
then
he
made
a
rude
handle
,
and
tied
the
hoop-iron
to
it
with
our
piece
of
whip-cord
,
and
ground
it
to
an
edge
on
a
piece
of
sandstone
.
When
it
was
finished
he
used
it
to
shape
a
better
handle
,
to
which
he
fixed
it
with
a
strip
of
his
cotton
handkerchief
--
in
which
operation
he
had
,
as
Peterkin
pointed
out
,
torn
off
one
of
Lord
Nelson
's
noses
.
However
,
the
whip-cord
,
thus
set
free
,
was
used
by
Peterkin
as
a
fishing-line
.
He
merely
tied
a
piece
of
oyster
to
the
end
of
it
.
This
the
fish
were
allowed
to
swallow
,
and
then
they
were
pulled
quickly
ashore
.
But
as
the
line
was
very
short
and
we
had
no
boat
,
the
fish
we
caught
were
exceedingly
small
.
One
day
Peterkin
came
up
from
the
beach
,
where
he
had
been
angling
,
and
said
in
a
very
cross
tone
,
"
I
'll
tell
you
what
,
Jack
,
I
'm
not
going
to
be
humbugged
with
catching
such
contemptible
things
any
longer
.
I
want
you
to
swim
out
with
me
on
your
back
,
and
let
me
fish
in
deep
water
!
"
"
Dear
me
,
Peterkin
!
"
replied
Jack
;
"
I
had
no
idea
you
were
taking
the
thing
so
much
to
heart
,
else
I
would
have
got
you
out
of
that
difficulty
long
ago
.
Let
me
see
;
"
and
Jack
looked
down
at
a
piece
of
timber
,
on
which
he
had
been
labouring
,
with
a
peculiar
gaze
of
abstraction
which
he
always
assumed
when
trying
to
invent
or
discover
anything
.
"
What
say
you
to
building
a
boat
?
"
he
inquired
,
looking
up
hastily
.
"
Take
far
too
long
,
"
was
the
reply
;
"
ca
n't
be
bothered
waiting
.
I
want
to
begin
at
once
!
"
