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In
a
few
minutes
more
we
were
all
assembled
on
the
beach
.
Being
unable
to
speak
to
the
savages
,
we
went
through
the
ceremony
of
shaking
hands
,
and
expected
they
would
depart
;
but
before
doing
so
,
Tararo
went
up
to
Jack
and
rubbed
noses
with
him
,
after
which
he
did
the
same
with
Peterkin
and
me
!
Seeing
that
this
was
their
mode
of
salutation
,
we
determined
to
conform
to
their
custom
;
so
we
rubbed
noses
heartily
with
the
whole
party
,
women
and
all
!
The
only
disagreeable
part
of
the
process
was
when
we
came
to
rub
noses
with
Mahine
;
and
Peterkin
afterwards
said
that
when
he
saw
his
wolfish
eyes
glaring
so
close
to
his
face
,
he
felt
much
more
inclined
to
bang
than
to
rub
his
nose
.
Avatea
was
the
last
to
take
leave
of
us
,
and
we
experienced
a
feeling
of
real
sorrow
when
she
approached
to
bid
us
farewell
.
Besides
her
modest
air
and
gentle
manners
,
she
was
the
only
one
of
the
party
who
exhibited
the
smallest
sign
of
regret
at
parting
from
us
Going
up
to
Jack
,
she
put
out
her
flat
little
nose
to
be
rubbed
,
and
thereafter
paid
the
same
compliment
to
Peterkin
and
me
.
An
hour
later
the
canoe
was
out
of
sight
;
and
we
,
with
an
indefinable
feeling
of
sadness
creeping
round
our
hearts
,
were
seated
in
silence
beneath
the
shadow
of
our
bower
,
meditating
on
the
wonderful
events
of
the
last
few
days
.
Life
is
a
strange
compound
.
Peterkin
used
to
say
of
it
that
it
beat
a
druggist
's
shop
all
to
sticks
;
for
whereas
the
first
is
a
compound
of
good
and
bad
,
the
other
is
a
horrible
compound
of
all
that
is
utterly
detestable
.
And
indeed
the
more
I
consider
it
,
the
more
I
am
struck
with
the
strange
mixture
of
good
and
evil
that
exists
,
not
only
in
the
material
earth
,
but
in
our
own
natures
.
In
our
own
Coral
Island
we
had
experienced
every
variety
of
good
that
a
bountiful
Creator
could
heap
on
us
.
Yet
on
the
night
of
the
storm
we
had
seen
how
almost
,
in
our
case
--
and
altogether
,
no
doubt
,
in
the
case
of
others
less
fortunate
--
all
this
good
might
be
swept
away
for
ever
.
We
had
seen
the
rich
fruit-trees
waving
in
the
soft
air
,
the
tender
herbs
shooting
upwards
under
the
benign
influence
of
the
bright
sun
;
and
the
next
day
we
had
seen
these
good
and
beautiful
trees
and
plants
uprooted
by
the
hurricane
,
crushed
and
hurled
to
the
ground
in
destructive
devastation
.
We
had
lived
for
many
months
in
a
clime
,
for
the
most
part
,
so
beautiful
that
we
had
often
wondered
whether
Adam
and
Eve
had
found
Eden
more
sweet
;
and
we
had
seen
the
quiet
solitudes
of
our
paradise
suddenly
broken
in
upon
by
ferocious
savages
,
and
the
white
sands
stained
with
blood
and
strewed
with
lifeless
forms
,
yet
among
these
cannibals
we
had
seen
many
symptoms
of
a
kindly
nature
.
I
pondered
these
things
much
,
and
while
I
considered
them
there
recurred
to
my
memory
those
words
which
I
had
read
in
my
Bible
:
"
The
works
of
God
are
wonderful
,
and
His
ways
past
finding
out
.
"
After
these
poor
savages
had
left
us
we
used
to
hold
long
and
frequent
conversations
about
them
,
and
I
noticed
that
Peterkin
's
manner
was
now
much
altered
.
He
did
not
,
indeed
,
jest
less
heartily
than
before
,
but
he
did
so
less
frequently
;
and
often
there
was
a
tone
of
deep
seriousness
in
his
manner
,
if
not
in
his
words
,
which
made
him
seem
to
Jack
and
me
as
if
he
had
grown
two
years
older
within
a
few
days
.
But
indeed
I
was
not
surprised
at
this
when
I
reflected
on
the
awful
realities
which
we
had
witnessed
so
lately
.
We
could
by
no
means
shake
off
a
tendency
to
gloom
for
several
weeks
afterwards
;
but
as
time
wore
away
,
our
usual
good
spirits
returned
somewhat
,
and
we
began
to
think
of
the
visit
of
the
savages
with
feelings
akin
to
those
with
which
we
recall
a
terrible
dream
.
One
day
we
were
all
enjoying
ourselves
in
the
Water
Garden
preparatory
to
going
on
a
fishing
excursion
,
for
Peterkin
had
kept
us
in
such
constant
supply
of
hogs
that
we
had
become
quite
tired
of
pork
and
desired
a
change
.
Peterkin
was
sunning
himself
on
the
ledge
of
rock
,
while
we
were
creeping
among
the
rocks
below
.
Happening
to
look
up
,
I
observed
Peterkin
cutting
the
most
extraordinary
capers
and
making
violent
gesticulations
for
us
to
come
up
;
so
I
gave
Jack
a
push
and
rose
immediately
.
"
A
sail
!
a
sail
--
Ralph
,
look
--
Jack
,
away
on
the
horizon
there
,
just
over
the
entrance
to
the
lagoon
!
"
cried
Peterkin
as
we
scrambled
up
the
rocks
.
"
So
it
is
--
and
a
schooner
,
too
!
"
said
Jack
as
he
proceeded
hastily
to
dress
.
Our
hearts
were
thrown
into
a
terrible
flutter
by
this
discovery
,
for
if
it
should
touch
at
our
island
,
we
had
no
doubt
the
captain
would
be
happy
to
give
us
a
passage
to
some
of
the
civilised
islands
,
where
we
could
find
a
ship
sailing
for
England
or
some
other
part
of
Europe
.
Home
,
with
all
its
associations
,
rushed
in
upon
my
heart
like
a
flood
;
and
much
though
I
loved
the
Coral
Island
and
the
bower
which
had
now
been
our
home
so
long
,
I
felt
that
I
could
have
quitted
all
at
that
moment
without
a
sigh
.
With
joyful
anticipations
we
hastened
to
the
highest
point
of
rock
near
our
dwelling
and
awaited
the
arrival
of
the
vessel
,
for
we
now
perceived
that
she
was
making
straight
for
the
island
under
a
steady
breeze
.
In
less
than
an
hour
she
was
close
to
the
reef
,
where
she
rounded-to
and
backed
her
topsails
in
order
to
survey
the
coast
.
Seeing
this
,
and
fearing
that
they
might
not
perceive
us
,
we
all
three
waved
pieces
of
cocoa-nut
cloth
in
the
air
,
and
soon
had
the
satisfaction
of
seeing
them
beginning
to
lower
a
boat
and
bustle
about
the
decks
as
if
they
meant
to
land
.
Suddenly
a
flag
was
run
up
to
the
peak
,
a
little
cloud
of
white
smoke
rose
from
the
schooner
's
side
,
and
before
we
could
guess
their
intentions
,
a
cannon-shot
came
crashing
through
the
bushes
,
carried
away
several
cocoa-nut
trees
in
its
passage
,
and
burst
in
atoms
against
the
cliff
a
few
yards
below
the
spot
on
which
we
stood
.
