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After
a
whole
week
of
this
confinement
,
Arthur
Pym
and
the
half
-
breed
had
succeeded
,
as
we
know
,
in
leaving
their
hiding
-
place
,
securing
a
boat
,
and
abandoning
Tsalal
Island
,
but
William
Guy
and
his
companions
had
not
yet
found
an
opportunity
to
escape
.
After
they
had
been
shut
up
in
the
labyrinth
for
twenty
-
one
days
,
the
birds
on
which
they
lived
began
to
fail
them
,
and
they
recognized
that
their
only
means
of
escaping
hunger
—
(
they
had
not
to
fear
thirst
,
for
there
was
a
spring
of
fresh
water
in
the
interior
of
the
hill
)
—
was
to
go
down
again
to
the
coast
,
lay
hands
upon
a
native
boat
,
and
get
out
to
sea
.
Where
were
the
fugitives
to
go
,
and
what
was
to
become
of
them
without
provisions
?
—
these
were
questions
that
had
to
be
asked
,
and
which
nobody
could
answer
.
Nevertheless
,
they
would
not
have
hesitated
to
attempt
the
adventure
if
they
could
have
a
few
hours
of
darkness
;
but
,
at
that
time
of
year
,
the
sun
did
not
as
yet
go
down
behind
the
horizon
of
the
eighty
-
fourth
parallel
.
Death
would
probably
have
put
an
end
to
their
misery
had
not
the
situation
been
changed
by
the
following
events
.
On
the
22nd
of
February
,
in
the
morning
,
William
Guy
and
Patterson
were
talking
together
,
in
terrible
perplexity
of
mind
,
at
the
orifice
of
the
cavity
that
opened
upon
the
country
.
They
no
longer
knew
how
to
provide
for
the
wants
of
seven
persons
,
who
were
then
reduced
to
eating
nuts
only
,
and
were
suffering
in
consequence
from
severe
pain
in
the
head
and
stomach
.
They
could
see
big
turtles
crawling
on
the
beach
,
but
how
could
they
venture
to
go
thither
,
with
hundreds
of
natives
coming
and
going
about
their
several
occupations
,
with
their
constant
cry
of
tékéli
-
li
?
Suddenly
,
this
crowd
of
people
became
violently
agitated
.
Men
,
women
,
and
children
ran
wildly
about
on
every
side
.
Some
of
the
savages
even
took
to
their
boats
as
though
a
great
danger
were
at
hand
.
What
was
happening
?
William
Guy
and
his
companions
were
very
soon
informed
.
The
cause
of
the
tumult
was
the
appearance
of
an
unknown
animal
,
a
terrible
quadruped
,
which
dashed
into
the
midst
of
the
islanders
,
snapping
at
and
biting
them
indiscriminately
,
as
it
sprang
at
their
throats
with
a
hoarse
growling
.
And
yet
the
infuriated
animal
was
alone
,
and
might
easily
have
been
killed
by
stones
or
arrows
.
Why
then
did
a
crowd
of
savages
manifest
such
abject
terror
?
Why
did
they
take
to
flight
?
Why
did
they
appear
incapable
of
defending
themselves
against
this
one
beast
?
The
animal
was
white
,
and
the
sight
of
it
had
produced
the
phenomenon
previously
observed
,
that
inexplicable
terror
of
whiteness
common
to
all
the
natives
of
Tsalal
.
To
their
extreme
surprise
,
William
Guy
and
his
companions
recognized
the
strange
animal
as
the
dog
Tiger
.
Yes
!
Tiger
had
escaped
from
the
crumbling
mass
of
the
hill
and
betaken
himself
to
the
interior
of
the
island
,
whence
he
had
returned
to
Klock
-
Klock
,
to
spread
terror
among
the
natives
.
But
Tiger
was
no
mere
phantom
foe
;
he
was
the
most
dangerous
and
deadly
of
enemies
,
for
the
poor
animal
was
mad
,
and
his
fangs
were
fatal
!
