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--
Jack
had
also
overcome
the
difficulty
about
the
keel
by
pinning
to
it
a
false
keel
.
This
was
a
piece
of
tough
wood
,
of
the
same
length
and
width
as
the
real
keel
,
and
about
five
inches
deep
.
He
made
it
of
this
depth
because
the
boat
would
be
thereby
rendered
not
only
much
more
safe
,
but
more
able
to
beat
against
the
wind
--
which
,
in
a
sea
where
the
trade-winds
blow
so
long
and
so
steadily
in
one
direction
,
was
a
matter
of
great
importance
.
This
piece
of
wood
was
pegged
very
firmly
to
the
keel
;
and
we
now
launched
our
boat
with
the
satisfaction
of
knowing
that
when
the
false
keel
should
be
scraped
off
we
could
easily
put
on
another
--
whereas
,
should
the
real
keel
have
been
scraped
away
,
we
could
not
have
renewed
it
without
taking
our
boat
to
pieces
,
which
Peterkin
said
made
his
"
marrow
quake
to
think
upon
.
"
The
mast
and
sail
answered
excellently
;
and
we
now
sailed
about
in
the
lagoon
with
great
delight
,
and
examined
with
much
interest
the
appearance
of
our
island
from
a
distance
.
Also
,
we
gazed
into
the
depths
of
the
water
,
and
watched
for
hours
the
gambols
of
the
curious
and
bright-coloured
fish
among
the
corals
and
seaweed
.
Peterkin
also
made
a
fishing-line
;
and
Jack
constructed
a
number
of
hooks
,
some
of
which
were
very
good
,
others
remarkably
bad
.
Some
of
these
hooks
were
made
of
iron-wood
--
which
did
pretty
well
,
the
wood
being
extremely
hard
--
and
Jack
made
them
very
thick
and
large
.
Fish
there
are
not
particular
.
Some
of
the
crooked
bones
in
fish-heads
also
answered
for
this
purpose
pretty
well
.
But
that
which
formed
our
best
and
most
serviceable
hook
was
the
brass
finger-ring
belonging
to
Jack
.
It
gave
him
not
a
little
trouble
to
manufacture
it
.
First
he
cut
it
with
the
axe
,
then
twisted
it
into
the
form
of
a
hook
.
The
barb
took
him
several
hours
to
cut
.
He
did
it
by
means
of
constant
sawing
with
the
broken
penknife
.
As
for
the
point
,
an
hour
's
rubbing
on
a
piece
of
sandstone
made
an
excellent
one
.
It
would
be
a
matter
of
much
time
and
labour
to
describe
the
appearance
of
the
multitudes
of
fish
that
were
day
after
day
drawn
into
our
boat
by
means
of
the
brass
hook
.
Peterkin
always
caught
them
--
for
we
observed
that
he
derived
much
pleasure
from
fishing
--
while
Jack
and
I
found
ample
amusement
in
looking
on
,
also
in
gazing
down
at
the
coral
groves
,
and
in
baiting
the
hook
.
Among
the
fish
that
we
saw
,
but
did
not
catch
,
were
porpoises
and
swordfish
,
whales
and
sharks
.
The
porpoises
came
frequently
into
our
lagoon
in
shoals
,
and
amused
us
not
a
little
by
their
bold
leaps
into
the
air
and
their
playful
gambols
in
the
sea
.
The
swordfish
were
wonderful
creatures
--
some
of
them
apparently
ten
feet
in
length
,
with
an
ivory
spear
six
or
eight
feet
long
projecting
from
their
noses
.
We
often
saw
them
darting
after
other
fish
,
and
no
doubt
they
sometimes
killed
them
with
their
ivory
swords
.
Jack
remembered
having
heard
once
of
a
swordfish
attacking
a
ship
,
which
seemed
strange
indeed
;
but
as
they
are
often
in
the
habit
of
attacking
whales
,
perhaps
it
mistook
the
ship
for
one
.
This
swordfish
ran
against
the
vessel
with
such
force
that
it
drove
its
sword
quite
through
the
thick
planks
;
and
when
the
ship
arrived
in
harbour
,
long
afterwards
,
the
sword
was
found
still
sticking
in
it
!
Sharks
did
not
often
appear
;
but
we
took
care
never
again
to
bathe
in
deep
water
without
leaving
one
of
our
number
in
the
boat
,
to
give
us
warning
if
he
should
see
a
shark
approaching
.
As
for
the
whales
,
they
never
came
into
our
lagoon
;
but
we
frequently
saw
them
spouting
in
the
deep
water
beyond
the
reef
.
I
shall
never
forget
my
surprise
the
first
day
I
saw
one
of
these
huge
monsters
close
to
me
.
We
had
been
rambling
about
on
the
reef
during
the
morning
,
and
were
about
to
reembark
in
our
little
boat
to
return
home
,
when
a
loud
blowing
sound
caused
us
to
wheel
rapidly
round
.
We
were
just
in
time
to
see
a
shower
of
spray
falling
,
and
the
flukes
or
tail
of
some
monstrous
fish
disappear
in
the
sea
a
few
hundred
yards
off
.
We
waited
some
time
to
see
if
he
would
rise
again
.
As
we
stood
,
the
sea
seemed
to
open
up
at
our
very
feet
;
an
immense
spout
of
water
was
sent
with
a
snort
high
into
the
air
,
and
the
huge
,
blunt
head
of
a
sperm-whale
rose
before
us
.
It
was
so
large
that
it
could
easily
have
taken
our
little
boat
,
along
with
ourselves
,
into
its
mouth
!
It
plunged
slowly
back
into
the
sea
,
like
a
large
ship
foundering
,
and
struck
the
water
with
its
tail
so
forcibly
as
to
cause
a
sound
like
a
cannon-shot
.
We
also
saw
a
great
number
of
flying-fish
,
although
we
caught
none
;
and
we
noticed
that
they
never
flew
out
of
the
water
except
when
followed
by
their
bitter
foe
the
dolphin
,
from
whom
they
thus
endeavoured
to
escape
.
But
of
all
the
fish
that
we
saw
,
none
surprised
us
so
much
as
those
that
we
used
to
find
in
shallow
pools
after
a
shower
of
rain
;
and
this
not
on
account
of
their
appearance
,
for
they
were
ordinary-looking
and
very
small
,
but
on
account
of
their
having
descended
in
a
shower
of
rain
!
We
could
account
for
them
in
no
other
way
,
because
the
pools
in
which
we
found
these
fish
were
quite
dry
before
the
shower
,
and
at
some
distance
above
high-water
mark
.
Jack
,
however
,
suggested
a
cause
which
seemed
to
me
very
probable
.
We
used
often
to
see
waterspouts
in
the
sea
.
A
waterspout
is
a
whirling
body
of
water
,
which
rises
from
the
sea
like
a
sharp-pointed
pillar
.
After
rising
a
good
way
,
it
is
met
by
a
long
tongue
,
which
comes
down
from
the
clouds
;
and
when
the
two
have
joined
,
they
look
something
like
an
hour-glass
.
The
waterspout
is
then
carried
by
the
wind
--
sometimes
gently
,
sometimes
with
violence
--
over
the
sea
,
sometimes
up
into
the
clouds
;
and
then
,
bursting
asunder
,
it
descends
in
a
deluge
.
This
often
happens
over
the
land
as
well
as
over
the
sea
;
and
it
sometimes
does
much
damage
,
but
frequently
it
passes
gently
away
.
Now
,
Jack
thought
that
the
little
fish
might
perhaps
have
been
carried
up
in
a
waterspout
,
and
so
sent
down
again
in
a
shower
of
rain
.
But
we
could
not
be
certain
as
to
this
point
,
yet
we
thought
it
likely
During
these
delightful
fishing
and
boating
excursions
we
caught
a
good
many
eels
,
which
we
found
to
be
very
good
to
eat
.
We
also
found
turtles
among
the
coral
rocks
,
and
made
excellent
soup
in
our
iron
kettle
.
Moreover
,
we
discovered
many
shrimps
and
prawns
,
so
that
we
had
no
lack
of
variety
in
our
food
;
and
,
indeed
,
we
never
passed
a
week
without
making
some
new
and
interesting
discovery
of
some
sort
or
other
,
either
on
the
land
or
in
the
sea
.
One
day
,
not
long
after
our
little
boat
was
finished
,
we
were
sitting
on
the
rocks
at
Spouting
Cliff
,
and
talking
of
an
excursion
which
we
intended
to
make
to
Penguin
Island
the
next
day
.
"
You
see
,
"
said
Peterkin
,
"
it
might
be
all
very
well
for
a
stupid
fellow
like
me
to
remain
here
and
leave
the
penguins
alone
;
but
it
would
be
quite
inconsistent
with
your
characters
as
philosophers
to
remain
any
longer
in
ignorance
of
the
habits
and
customs
of
these
birds
,
so
the
sooner
we
go
the
better
.
"
