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"
Did
you
?
"
cried
Jack
.
"
Is
it
far
from
this
?
"
"
No
,
not
half-a-mile
.
"
"
Then
lead
me
to
it
,
"
said
Jack
,
seizing
his
axe
.
In
a
few
minutes
we
were
all
three
pushing
through
the
underwood
of
the
forest
,
headed
by
Peterkin
.
We
soon
came
to
the
tree
in
question
,
which
,
after
Jack
had
closely
examined
it
,
we
concluded
must
be
the
candle-nut
tree
.
Its
leaves
were
of
a
beautiful
silvery
white
,
and
formed
a
fine
contrast
to
the
dark-green
foliage
of
the
surrounding
trees
.
We
immediately
filled
our
pockets
with
the
nuts
,
after
which
Jack
said
:
"
Now
,
Peterkin
,
climb
that
cocoa-nut
tree
and
cut
me
one
of
the
long
branches
.
"
This
was
soon
done
;
but
it
cost
some
trouble
,
for
the
stem
was
very
high
,
and
as
Peterkin
usually
pulled
nuts
from
the
younger
trees
,
he
was
not
much
accustomed
to
climbing
the
high
ones
.
The
leaf
or
branch
was
a
very
large
one
,
and
we
were
surprised
at
its
size
and
strength
.
Viewed
from
a
little
distance
,
the
cocoa-nut
tree
seems
to
be
a
tall
,
straight
stem
,
without
a
single
branch
except
at
the
top
,
where
there
is
a
tuft
of
feathery-looking
leaves
that
seem
to
wave
like
soft
plumes
in
the
wind
.
But
when
we
saw
one
of
these
leaves
or
branches
at
our
feet
,
we
found
it
to
be
a
strong
stalk
,
about
fifteen
feet
long
,
with
a
number
of
narrow
,
pointed
leaflets
ranged
alternately
on
each
side
.
But
what
seemed
to
us
the
most
wonderful
thing
about
it
was
a
curious
substance
resembling
cloth
,
which
was
wrapped
round
the
thick
end
of
the
stalk
where
it
had
been
cut
from
the
tree
.
Peterkin
told
us
that
he
had
the
greatest
difficulty
in
separating
the
branch
from
the
stem
on
account
of
this
substance
,
as
it
was
wrapped
quite
round
the
tree
,
and
,
he
observed
,
round
all
the
other
branches
,
thus
forming
a
strong
support
to
the
large
leaves
while
exposed
to
high
winds
.
When
I
call
this
substance
cloth
I
do
not
exaggerate
.
Indeed
,
with
regard
to
all
the
things
I
saw
during
my
eventful
career
in
the
South
Seas
,
I
have
been
exceedingly
careful
not
to
exaggerate
,
or
in
any
way
to
mislead
or
deceive
my
readers
.
This
cloth
,
I
say
,
was
remarkably
like
to
coarse
brown
cotton
cloth
.
It
had
a
seam
or
fibre
down
the
centre
of
it
,
from
which
diverged
other
fibres
,
about
the
size
of
a
bristle
.
There
were
two
layers
of
these
fibres
,
very
long
and
tough
,
the
one
layer
crossing
the
other
obliquely
,
and
the
whole
was
cemented
together
with
a
still
finer
fibrous
and
adhesive
substance
.
When
we
regarded
it
attentively
,
we
could
with
difficulty
believe
that
it
had
not
been
woven
by
human
hands
.
This
remarkable
piece
of
cloth
we
stripped
carefully
off
,
and
found
it
to
be
above
two
feet
long
by
a
foot
broad
,
and
we
carried
it
home
with
us
as
a
great
prize
.
Jack
now
took
one
of
the
leaflets
,
and
cutting
out
the
central
spine
or
stalk
,
hurried
back
with
it
to
our
camp
.
Having
made
a
small
fire
,
he
baked
the
nuts
slightly
and
then
peeled
off
the
husks
.
After
this
he
wished
to
bore
a
hole
in
them
,
which
,
not
having
anything
better
at
hand
at
the
time
,
he
did
with
the
point
of
our
useless
pencil-case
.
Then
he
strung
them
on
the
cocoa-nut
spine
,
and
on
putting
a
light
to
the
topmost
nut
we
found
,
to
our
joy
,
that
it
burned
with
a
clear
,
beautiful
flame
,
upon
seeing
which
Peterkin
sprang
up
and
danced
round
the
fire
for
at
least
five
minutes
in
the
excess
of
his
satisfaction
.
