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There
was
no
help
for
it
,
however
,
so
we
condoled
with
him
as
we
best
could
.
Had
there
been
any
great
rise
or
fall
in
the
tide
of
these
seas
,
we
might
perhaps
have
found
it
possible
to
take
him
down
with
us
at
low
water
;
but
as
the
tide
never
rose
or
fell
more
than
eighteen
inches
or
two
feet
,
this
was
impossible
.
This
peculiarity
of
the
tide
--
its
slight
rise
and
fall
--
had
not
attracted
our
observation
till
some
time
after
our
residence
on
the
island
.
Neither
had
we
observed
another
curious
circumstance
until
we
had
been
some
time
there
.
This
was
the
fact
that
the
tide
rose
and
fell
with
constant
regularity
,
instead
of
being
affected
by
the
changes
of
the
moon
as
in
our
own
country
,
and
as
it
is
in
most
other
parts
of
the
world
--
at
least
,
in
all
those
parts
with
which
I
am
acquainted
.
Every
day
and
every
night
,
at
twelve
o'clock
precisely
,
the
tide
is
at
the
full
;
and
at
six
o'clock
,
every
morning
and
evening
,
it
is
ebb
.
I
can
speak
with
much
confidence
on
this
singular
circumstance
,
as
we
took
particular
note
of
it
,
and
never
found
it
to
alter
.
Of
course
I
must
admit
we
had
to
guess
the
hour
of
twelve
midnight
,
and
I
think
we
could
do
this
pretty
correctly
;
but
in
regard
to
twelve
noon
we
are
quite
positive
,
because
we
easily
found
the
highest
point
that
the
sun
reached
in
the
sky
by
placing
ourselves
at
a
certain
spot
whence
we
observed
the
sharp
summit
of
a
cliff
resting
against
the
sky
,
just
where
the
sun
passed
.
Jack
and
I
were
surprised
that
we
had
not
noticed
this
the
first
few
days
of
our
residence
here
,
and
could
only
account
for
it
by
our
being
so
much
taken
up
with
the
more
obvious
wonders
of
our
novel
situation
.
I
have
since
learned
,
however
,
that
this
want
of
observation
is
a
sad
and
very
common
infirmity
of
human
nature
,
there
being
hundreds
of
persons
before
whose
eyes
the
most
wonderful
things
are
passing
every
day
who
nevertheless
,
are
totally
ignorant
of
them
.
I
therefore
have
to
record
my
sympathy
with
such
persons
,
and
to
recommend
to
them
a
course
of
conduct
which
I
have
now
for
a
long
time
myself
adopted
--
namely
,
the
habit
of
forcing
my
attention
upon
all
things
that
go
on
around
me
,
and
of
taking
some
degree
of
interest
in
them
whether
I
feel
it
naturally
or
not
.
I
suggest
this
the
more
earnestly
,
though
humbly
,
because
I
have
very
frequently
come
to
know
that
my
indifference
to
a
thing
has
generally
been
caused
by
my
ignorance
in
regard
to
it
.
We
had
much
serious
conversation
on
this
subject
of
the
tides
;
and
Jack
told
us
,
in
his
own
quiet
,
philosophical
way
,
that
these
tides
did
great
good
to
the
world
in
many
ways
,
particularly
in
the
way
of
cleansing
the
shores
of
the
land
,
and
carrying
off
the
filth
that
was
constantly
poured
into
the
sea
therefrom
--
which
,
Peterkin
suggested
,
was
remarkably
tidy
of
it
to
do
.
Poor
Peterkin
could
never
let
slip
an
opportunity
to
joke
,
however
inopportune
it
might
be
,
which
at
first
we
found
rather
a
disagreeable
propensity
,
as
it
often
interrupted
the
flow
of
very
agreeable
conversation
--
and
,
indeed
,
I
can
not
too
strongly
record
my
disapprobation
of
this
tendency
in
general
;
but
we
became
so
used
to
it
at
last
that
we
found
it
no
interruption
whatever
.
Indeed
,
strange
to
say
,
we
came
to
feel
that
it
was
a
necessary
part
of
our
enjoyment
(
such
is
the
force
of
habit
)
,
and
found
the
sudden
outbursts
of
mirth
,
resulting
from
his
humorous
disposition
,
quite
natural
and
refreshing
to
us
in
the
midst
of
our
more
serious
conversations
.
But
I
must
not
misrepresent
Peterkin
.
We
often
found
,
to
our
surprise
,
that
he
knew
many
things
which
we
did
not
;
and
I
also
observed
that
those
things
which
he
learned
from
experience
were
never
forgotten
.
From
all
these
things
I
came
at
length
to
understand
that
things
very
opposite
and
dissimilar
in
themselves
,
when
united
,
do
make
an
agreeable
whole
;
as
,
for
example
,
we
three
on
this
our
island
,
although
most
unlike
in
many
things
,
when
united
,
made
a
trio
so
harmonious
that
I
question
if
there
ever
met
before
such
an
agreeable
triumvirate
.
There
was
,
indeed
,
no
note
of
discord
whatever
in
the
symphony
we
played
together
on
that
sweet
Coral
Island
;
and
I
am
now
persuaded
that
this
was
owing
to
our
having
been
all
tuned
to
the
same
key
--
namely
,
that
of
love
!
Yes
,
we
loved
one
another
with
much
fervency
while
we
lived
on
that
island
;
and
,
for
the
matter
of
that
,
we
love
each
other
still
.
And
while
I
am
on
this
subject
,
or
rather
the
subject
that
just
preceded
it
--
namely
,
the
tides
--
I
may
here
remark
on
another
curious
natural
phenomenon
.
We
found
that
there
was
little
or
no
twilight
in
this
island
.
We
had
a
distinct
remembrance
of
the
charming
long
twilight
at
home
,
which
some
people
think
the
most
delightful
part
of
the
day
--
though
,
for
my
part
,
I
have
always
preferred
sunrise
;
and
when
we
first
landed
,
we
used
to
sit
down
on
some
rocky
point
or
eminence
,
at
the
close
of
our
day
's
work
,
to
enjoy
the
evening
breeze
,
but
no
sooner
had
the
sun
sunk
below
the
horizon
than
all
became
suddenly
dark
.
This
rendered
it
necessary
that
we
should
watch
the
sun
when
we
happened
to
be
out
hunting
;
for
to
be
suddenly
left
in
the
dark
while
in
the
woods
was
very
perplexing
,
as
,
although
the
stars
shone
with
great
beauty
and
brilliancy
,
they
could
not
pierce
through
the
thick
umbrageous
boughs
that
interlaced
above
our
heads
.
But
to
return
.
After
having
told
all
we
could
to
Peterkin
about
the
Diamond
Cave
under
Spouting
Cliff
,
as
we
named
the
locality
,
we
were
wending
our
way
rapidly
homewards
when
a
grunt
and
a
squeal
were
borne
down
by
the
land
breeze
to
our
ears
.
"
That
's
the
ticket
!
"
was
Peterkin
's
remarkable
exclamation
as
he
started
convulsively
and
levelled
his
spear
.
"
Hist
!
"
cried
Jack
;
"
these
are
your
friends
,
Peterkin
.
They
must
have
come
over
expressly
to
pay
you
a
friendly
visit
,
for
it
is
the
first
time
we
have
seen
them
on
this
side
of
the
island
.
"
