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"
That
you
certainly
have
,
Peterkin
,
"
said
Jack
as
he
was
examining
the
transfixed
animal
We
now
considered
how
we
were
to
carry
our
game
home
,
for
,
although
the
distance
was
short
,
the
hog
was
very
heavy
.
At
length
we
hit
on
the
plan
of
tying
its
four
feet
together
,
and
passing
the
spear-handle
between
them
.
Jack
took
one
end
on
his
shoulder
,
I
took
the
other
on
mine
,
and
Peterkin
carried
the
small
pig
.
Thus
we
returned
in
triumph
to
our
bower
,
laden
,
as
Peterkin
remarked
,
with
the
glorious
spoils
of
a
noble
hunt
.
As
he
afterwards
spoke
in
similarly
glowing
terms
in
reference
to
the
supper
that
followed
,
there
is
every
reason
to
believe
that
we
retired
that
night
to
our
leafy
beds
in
a
high
state
of
satisfaction
.
For
many
days
after
this
,
Jack
applied
himself
with
unremitting
assiduity
to
the
construction
of
our
boat
,
which
at
length
began
to
look
something
like
one
.
But
those
only
who
have
had
the
thing
to
do
can
entertain
a
right
idea
of
the
difficulty
involved
in
such
an
undertaking
,
with
no
other
implements
than
an
axe
,
a
bit
of
hoop-iron
,
a
sail-needle
,
and
a
broken
penknife
.
But
Jack
did
it
.
He
was
of
that
disposition
which
will
not
be
conquered
.
When
he
believed
himself
to
be
acting
rightly
,
he
overcame
all
obstacles
.
I
have
seen
Jack
,
when
doubtful
whether
what
he
was
about
to
do
were
right
or
wrong
,
as
timid
and
vacillating
as
a
little
girl
;
and
I
honour
him
for
it
!
As
this
boat
was
a
curiosity
in
its
way
,
a
few
words
here
relative
to
the
manner
of
its
construction
may
not
be
amiss
.
I
have
already
mentioned
the
chestnut-tree
with
its
wonderful
buttresses
or
planks
.
This
tree
,
then
,
furnished
us
with
the
chief
part
of
our
material
.
First
of
all
,
Jack
sought
out
a
limb
of
a
tree
of
such
a
form
and
size
as
,
while
it
should
form
the
keel
,
a
bend
at
either
end
should
form
the
stem
and
stern-posts
.
Such
a
piece
,
however
,
was
not
easy
to
obtain
;
but
at
last
he
procured
it
by
rooting
up
a
small
tree
which
had
a
branch
growing
at
the
proper
angle
about
ten
feet
up
its
stem
,
with
two
strong
roots
growing
in
such
a
form
as
enabled
him
to
make
a
flat-sterned
boat
.
This
placed
,
he
procured
three
branching
roots
of
suitable
size
,
which
he
fitted
to
the
keel
at
equal
distances
,
thus
forming
three
strong
ribs
.
Now
the
squaring
and
shaping
of
these
,
and
the
cutting
of
the
grooves
in
the
keel
,
was
an
easy
enough
matter
,
as
it
was
all
work
for
the
axe
,
in
the
use
of
which
Jack
was
become
wonderfully
expert
;
but
it
was
quite
a
different
affair
when
he
came
to
nailing
the
ribs
to
the
keel
,
for
we
had
no
instrument
capable
of
boring
a
large
hole
,
and
no
nails
to
fasten
them
with
.
We
were
,
indeed
,
much
perplexed
here
;
but
Jack
at
length
devised
an
instrument
that
served
very
well
.
He
took
the
remainder
of
our
hoop-iron
and
beat
it
into
the
form
of
a
pipe
or
cylinder
,
about
as
thick
as
a
man
's
finger
.
This
he
did
by
means
of
our
axe
and
the
old
rusty
axe
we
had
found
at
the
house
of
the
poor
man
at
the
other
side
of
the
island
.
This
,
when
made
red
hot
,
bored
slowly
through
the
timbers
;
and
the
better
to
retain
the
heat
,
Jack
shut
up
one
end
of
it
and
filled
it
with
sand
.
True
,
the
work
was
very
slowly
done
;
but
it
mattered
not
--
we
had
little
else
to
do
.
Two
holes
were
bored
in
each
timber
,
about
an
inch
and
a
half
apart
,
and
also
down
into
the
keel
,
but
not
quite
through
.
Into
these
were
placed
stout
pegs
made
of
a
tree
called
iron-wood
,
and
when
they
were
hammered
well
home
,
the
timbers
were
as
firmly
fixed
as
if
they
had
been
nailed
with
iron
.
The
gunwales
,
which
were
very
stout
,
were
fixed
in
a
similar
manner
.
But
besides
the
wooden
nails
,
they
were
firmly
lashed
to
the
stem
and
stern-posts
and
ribs
by
means
of
a
species
of
cordage
which
we
had
contrived
to
make
out
of
the
fibrous
husk
of
the
cocoa-nut
.
This
husk
was
very
tough
,
and
when
a
number
of
the
threads
were
joined
together
they
formed
excellent
cordage
.
At
first
we
tied
the
different
lengths
together
;
but
this
was
such
a
clumsy
and
awkward
complication
of
knots
that
we
contrived
,
by
careful
interlacing
of
the
ends
together
before
twisting
,
to
make
good
cordage
of
any
size
or
length
we
chose
.
Of
course
it
cost
us
much
time
and
infinite
labour
;
but
Jack
kept
up
our
spirits
when
we
grew
weary
,
and
so
all
that
we
required
was
at
last
constructed
.
Planks
were
now
cut
off
the
chestnut-trees
of
about
an
inch
thick
.
These
were
dressed
with
the
axe
--
but
clumsily
,
for
an
axe
is
ill-adapted
for
such
work
.
Five
of
these
planks
on
each
side
were
sufficient
;
and
we
formed
the
boat
in
a
very
rounded
,
barrel-like
shape
,
in
order
to
have
as
little
twisting
of
the
planks
as
possible
,
for
although
we
could
easily
bend
them
,
we
could
not
easily
twist
them
.
Having
no
nails
to
rivet
the
planks
with
,
we
threw
aside
the
ordinary
fashion
of
boat-building
and
adopted
one
of
our
own
.
The
planks
were
therefore
placed
on
each
other
's
edges
,
and
sewed
together
with
the
tough
cordage
already
mentioned
;
they
were
also
thus
sewed
to
the
stem
,
the
stern
,
and
the
keel
.
Each
stitch
or
tie
was
six
inches
apart
,
and
was
formed
thus
:
Three
holes
were
bored
in
the
upper
plank
and
three
in
the
lower
,
the
holes
being
above
each
other
--
that
is
,
in
a
vertical
line
.
Through
these
holes
the
cord
was
passed
,
and
when
tied
,
formed
a
powerful
stitch
of
three-ply
.
Besides
this
,
we
placed
between
the
edges
of
the
planks
layers
of
cocoa-nut
fibre
,
which
,
as
it
swelled
when
wetted
,
would
,
we
hoped
,
make
our
little
vessel
water-tight
.
But
in
order
further
to
secure
this
end
,
we
collected
a
large
quantity
of
pitch
from
the
bread-fruit
tree
,
with
which
,
when
boiled
in
our
old
iron
pot
,
we
paid
the
whole
of
the
inside
of
the
boat
,
and
while
it
was
yet
hot
,
placed
large
pieces
of
cocoa-nut
cloth
on
it
,
and
then
gave
it
another
coat
above
that
.
Thus
the
interior
was
covered
with
a
tough
,
water-tight
material
;
while
the
exterior
,
being
uncovered
,
and
so
exposed
to
the
swelling
action
of
the
water
,
was
,
we
hoped
,
likely
to
keep
the
boat
quite
dry
.
I
may
add
that
our
hopes
were
not
disappointed
.
