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On
reaching
it
we
found
,
to
our
great
relief
of
mind
,
that
the
force
of
the
wave
had
been
expended
just
before
reaching
the
bower
;
but
the
entrance
to
it
was
almost
blocked
up
by
the
torn-up
bushes
and
tangled
heaps
of
seaweed
.
Having
satisfied
ourselves
as
to
the
bower
,
we
hurried
to
the
spot
where
the
boat
had
been
left
;
but
no
boat
was
there
.
The
spot
on
which
it
had
stood
was
vacant
,
and
no
sign
of
it
could
we
see
on
looking
around
us
.
"
It
may
have
been
washed
up
into
the
woods
,
"
said
Jack
,
hurrying
up
the
beach
as
he
spoke
.
Still
no
boat
was
to
be
seen
,
and
we
were
about
to
give
ourselves
over
to
despair
when
Peterkin
called
to
Jack
and
said
:
"
Jack
,
my
friend
,
you
were
once
so
exceedingly
sagacious
and
wise
as
to
make
me
acquainted
with
the
fact
that
cocoa-nuts
grow
upon
trees
.
Will
you
now
be
so
good
as
to
inform
me
what
sort
of
fruit
that
is
growing
on
the
top
of
yonder
bush
?
for
I
confess
to
being
ignorant
,
or
at
least
doubtful
,
on
the
point
.
"
We
looked
towards
the
bush
indicated
,
and
there
,
to
our
surprise
,
beheld
our
little
boat
snugly
nestled
among
the
leaves
.
We
were
very
much
overjoyed
at
this
,
for
we
would
have
suffered
any
loss
rather
than
the
loss
of
our
boat
.
We
found
that
the
wave
had
actually
borne
the
boat
on
its
crest
from
the
beach
into
the
woods
,
and
there
launched
it
into
the
heart
of
this
bush
,
which
was
extremely
fortunate
;
for
had
it
been
tossed
against
a
rock
or
a
tree
,
it
would
have
been
dashed
to
pieces
,
whereas
it
had
not
received
the
smallest
injury
.
It
was
no
easy
matter
,
however
,
to
get
it
out
of
the
bush
and
down
to
the
sea
again
.
This
cost
us
two
days
of
hard
labour
to
accomplish
.
We
had
also
much
ado
to
clear
away
the
rubbish
from
before
the
bower
,
and
spent
nearly
a
week
in
constant
labour
ere
we
got
the
neighbourhood
to
look
as
clean
and
orderly
as
before
;
for
the
uprooted
bushes
and
seaweed
that
lay
on
the
beach
formed
a
more
dreadfully
confused-looking
mass
than
one
who
had
not
seen
the
place
after
the
inundation
could
conceive
.
Before
leaving
the
subject
I
may
mention
,
for
the
sake
of
those
who
interest
themselves
in
the
curious
natural
phenomena
of
our
world
,
that
this
gigantic
wave
occurs
regularly
on
some
of
the
islands
of
the
Pacific
once
,
and
sometimes
twice
,
in
the
year
.
I
heard
this
stated
by
the
missionaries
during
my
career
in
those
seas
.
They
could
not
tell
me
whether
it
visited
all
of
the
islands
,
but
I
was
certainly
assured
that
it
occurred
periodically
in
some
of
them
.
After
we
had
got
our
home
put
to
rights
,
and
cleared
of
the
debris
of
the
inundation
,
we
again
turned
our
thoughts
to
paying
the
penguins
a
visit
.
The
boat
was
therefore
overhauled
and
a
few
repairs
done
.
Then
we
prepared
a
supply
of
provisions
,
for
we
intended
to
be
absent
at
least
a
night
or
two
--
perhaps
longer
.
This
took
us
some
time
to
do
;
for
,
while
Jack
was
busy
with
the
boat
,
Peterkin
was
sent
into
the
woods
to
spear
a
hog
or
two
,
and
had
to
search
long
,
sometimes
,
ere
he
found
them
.
Peterkin
was
usually
sent
on
this
errand
when
we
wanted
a
pork
chop
(
which
was
not
seldom
)
,
because
he
was
so
active
and
could
run
so
wonderfully
fast
that
he
found
no
difficulty
in
overtaking
the
hogs
;
but
being
dreadfully
reckless
,
he
almost
invariably
tumbled
over
stumps
and
stones
in
the
course
of
his
wild
chase
,
and
seldom
returned
home
without
having
knocked
the
skin
off
his
shins
.
Once
,
indeed
,
a
more
serious
accident
happened
to
him
.
He
had
been
out
all
the
morning
alone
,
and
did
not
return
at
the
usual
time
to
dinner
.
We
wondered
at
this
,
for
Peterkin
was
always
very
punctual
at
the
dinner-hour
.
As
supper-time
drew
near
we
began
to
be
anxious
about
him
,
and
at
length
sallied
forth
to
search
the
woods
.
For
a
long
time
we
sought
in
vain
;
but
a
little
before
dark
we
came
upon
the
tracks
of
the
hogs
,
which
we
followed
up
until
we
came
to
the
brow
of
a
rather
steep
bank
or
precipice
.
Looking
over
this
,
we
beheld
Peterkin
lying
in
a
state
of
insensibility
at
the
foot
,
with
his
cheek
resting
on
the
snout
of
a
little
pig
,
which
was
pinned
to
the
earth
by
the
spear
.
We
were
dreadfully
alarmed
,
but
hastened
to
bathe
his
forehead
with
water
,
and
had
soon
the
satisfaction
of
seeing
him
revive
.
After
we
had
carried
him
home
,
he
related
to
us
how
the
thing
had
happened
.
"
You
must
know
,
"
said
he
,
"
I
walked
about
all
the
forenoon
,
till
I
was
as
tired
as
an
old
donkey
,
without
seeing
a
single
grunter
--
not
so
much
as
a
track
of
one
;
but
as
I
was
determined
not
to
return
empty-handed
,
I
resolved
to
go
without
my
dinner
,
and
--
"
