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But
it
was
to
be
supposed
that
this
direction
changed
beyond
that
point
,
and
that
the
Mercy
continued
to
the
north-west
,
towards
the
spurs
of
Mount
Franklin
,
among
which
the
river
rose
.
During
one
of
these
excursions
,
Gideon
Spilett
managed
to
get
hold
of
two
couples
of
living
gallinaceae
.
They
were
birds
with
long
,
thin
beaks
,
lengthened
necks
,
short
wings
,
and
without
any
appearance
of
a
tail
.
Herbert
rightly
gave
them
the
name
of
tinamous
,
and
it
was
resolved
that
they
should
be
the
first
tenants
of
their
future
poultry-yard
.
But
till
then
the
guns
had
not
spoken
,
and
the
first
report
which
awoke
the
echoes
of
the
forest
of
the
Far
West
was
provoked
by
the
appearance
of
a
beautiful
bird
,
resembling
the
kingfisher
.
"
I
recognize
him
!
"
cried
Pencroft
,
and
it
seemed
as
if
his
gun
went
off
by
itself
.
"
What
do
you
recognize
?
"
asked
the
reporter
.
"
The
bird
which
escaped
us
on
our
first
excursion
,
and
from
which
we
gave
the
name
to
that
part
of
the
forest
.
"
"
A
jacamar
!
"
cried
Herbert
.
It
was
indeed
a
jacamar
,
of
which
the
plumage
shines
with
a
metallic
luster
.
A
shot
brought
it
to
the
ground
,
and
Top
carried
it
to
the
canoe
.
At
the
same
time
half
a
dozen
lories
were
brought
down
.
The
lory
is
of
the
size
of
a
pigeon
,
the
plumage
dashed
with
green
,
part
of
the
wings
crimson
,
and
its
crest
bordered
with
white
.
To
the
young
boy
belonged
the
honor
of
this
shot
,
and
he
was
proud
enough
of
it
.
Lories
are
better
food
than
the
jacamar
,
the
flesh
of
which
is
rather
tough
,
but
it
was
difficult
to
persuade
Pencroft
that
he
had
not
killed
the
king
of
eatable
birds
.
It
was
ten
o'clock
in
the
morning
when
the
canoe
reached
a
second
angle
of
the
Mercy
,
nearly
five
miles
from
its
mouth
.
Here
a
halt
was
made
for
breakfast
under
the
shade
of
some
splendid
trees
.
The
river
still
measured
from
sixty
to
seventy
feet
in
breadth
,
and
its
bed
from
five
to
six
feet
in
depth
.
The
engineer
had
observed
that
it
was
increased
by
numerous
affluents
,
but
they
were
unnavigable
,
being
simply
little
streams
.
As
to
the
forest
,
including
Jacamar
Wood
,
as
well
as
the
forests
of
the
Far
West
,
it
extended
as
far
as
the
eye
could
reach
.
In
no
place
,
either
in
the
depths
of
the
forests
or
under
the
trees
on
the
banks
of
the
Mercy
,
was
the
presence
of
man
revealed
.
The
explorers
could
not
discover
one
suspicious
trace
.
It
was
evident
that
the
woodman
's
axe
had
never
touched
these
trees
,
that
the
pioneer
's
knife
had
never
severed
the
creepers
hanging
from
one
trunk
to
another
in
the
midst
of
tangled
brushwood
and
long
grass
.
If
castaways
had
landed
on
the
island
,
they
could
not
have
yet
quitted
the
shore
,
and
it
was
not
in
the
woods
that
the
survivors
of
the
supposed
shipwreck
should
be
sought
.
The
engineer
therefore
manifested
some
impatience
to
reach
the
western
coast
of
Lincoln
Island
,
which
was
at
least
five
miles
distant
according
to
his
estimation
.
