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Naturally
,
in
proportion
as
the
schooner
sailed
southwards
the
variation
of
the
compass
became
less
,
while
the
temperature
became
milder
,
with
a
sky
always
clear
and
a
uniform
northerly
breeze
.
Needless
to
add
that
in
that
latitude
and
in
the
month
of
January
there
was
no
darkness
.
The
Jane
pursued
her
adventurous
course
,
until
,
on
the
18th
of
January
,
land
was
sighted
in
latitude
83
°
20
’
and
longitude
43
°
5
’
.
This
proved
to
be
an
island
belonging
to
a
numerous
group
scattered
about
in
a
westerly
direction
.
The
schooner
approached
and
anchored
off
the
shore
.
Arms
were
placed
in
the
boats
,
and
Arthur
Pym
got
into
one
of
the
latter
with
Dirk
Peters
.
The
men
rowed
shorewards
,
but
were
stopped
by
four
canoes
carrying
armed
men
,
“
new
men
”
the
narrative
calls
them
.
These
men
showed
no
hostile
intentions
,
but
cried
out
continuously
“
anamoo
”
and
“
lamalama
.
”
When
the
canoes
were
alongside
the
schooner
,
the
chief
,
Too
-
Wit
,
was
permitted
to
go
on
board
with
twenty
of
his
companions
.
There
was
profound
astonishment
on
their
part
then
,
for
they
took
the
ship
for
a
living
creature
,
and
lavished
caresses
on
the
rigging
,
the
masts
,
and
the
bulwarks
.
Steered
between
the
reefs
by
these
natives
,
she
crossed
a
bay
with
a
bottom
of
black
sand
,
and
cast
anchor
within
a
mile
of
the
beach
.
Then
William
Guy
,
leaving
the
hostages
on
board
,
stepped
ashore
amid
the
rocks
.
If
Arthur
Pym
is
to
be
believed
,
this
was
Tsalal
Island
!
Its
trees
resembled
none
of
the
species
in
any
other
zone
of
our
planet
.
The
composition
of
the
rocks
revealed
a
stratification
unknown
to
modern
mineralogists
.
Over
the
bed
of
the
streams
ran
a
liquid
substance
without
any
appearance
of
limpidity
,
streaked
with
distinct
veins
,
which
did
not
reunite
by
immediate
cohesion
when
they
were
parted
by
the
blade
of
a
knife
!
Klock
-
Klock
,
which
we
are
obliged
to
describe
as
the
chief
“
town
”
of
the
island
,
consisted
of
wretched
huts
entirely
formed
of
black
skins
;
it
possessed
domestic
animals
resembling
the
common
pig
,
a
sort
of
sheep
with
a
black
fleece
,
twenty
kinds
of
fowls
,
tame
albatross
,
ducks
,
and
large
turtles
in
great
numbers
.
On
arriving
at
Klock
-
Klock
,
Captain
William
Guy
and
his
companions
found
a
population
—
which
Arthur
Pym
estimated
at
ten
thousand
souls
,
men
,
women
,
and
children
—
if
not
to
be
feared
,
at
least
to
be
kept
at
a
distance
,
so
noisy
and
demonstrative
were
they
.
Finally
,
after
a
long
halt
at
the
hut
of
Too
-
Wit
,
the
strangers
returned
to
the
shore
,
where
the
“
bêche
-
de
-
mer
”
—
the
favourite
food
of
the
Chinese
—
would
provide
enormous
cargoes
;
for
the
succulent
mollusk
is
more
abundant
there
than
in
any
other
part
of
the
austral
regions
.
Captain
William
Guy
immediately
endeavoured
to
come
to
an
understanding
with
Too
-
Wit
on
this
matter
,
requesting
him
to
authorize
the
construction
of
sheds
in
which
some
of
the
men
of
the
Jane
might
prepare
the
bêche
-
de
-
mer
,
while
the
schooner
should
hold
on
her
course
towards
the
Pole
.
Too
-
Wit
accepted
this
proposal
willingly
,
and
made
a
bargain
by
which
the
natives
were
to
give
their
labour
in
the
gathering
-
in
of
the
precious
mollusk
.
At
the
end
of
a
month
,
the
sheds
being
finished
,
three
men
were
told
off
to
remain
at
Tsalal
.
The
natives
had
not
given
the
strangers
cause
to
entertain
the
slightest
suspicion
of
them
.
Before
leaving
the
place
,
Captain
William
Guy
wished
to
return
once
more
to
the
village
of
Klock
-
Klock
,
having
,
from
prudent
motives
,
left
six
men
on
board
,
the
guns
charged
,
the
bulwark
nettings
in
their
place
,
the
anchor
hanging
at
the
forepeak
—
in
a
word
,
all
in
readiness
to
oppose
an
approach
of
the
natives
.
Too
-
Wit
,
escorted
by
a
hundred
warriors
,
came
out
to
meet
the
visitors
.
Captain
William
Guy
and
his
men
,
although
the
place
was
propitious
to
an
ambuscade
,
walked
in
close
order
,
each
pressing
upon
the
other
.
On
the
right
,
a
little
in
advance
,
were
Arthur
Pym
,
Dirk
Peters
,
and
a
sailor
named
Allen
.
Having
reached
a
spot
where
a
fissure
traversed
the
hillside
,
Arthur
Pym
turned
into
it
in
order
to
gather
some
hazel
nuts
which
hung
in
clusters
upon
stunted
bushes
.
Having
done
this
,
he
was
returning
to
the
path
,
when
he
perceived
that
Allen
and
the
half
-
breed
had
accompanied
him
.
They
were
all
three
approaching
the
mouth
of
the
fissure
,
when
they
were
thrown
down
by
a
sudden
and
violent
shock
.
At
the
same
moment
the
crumbling
masses
of
the
hill
slid
down
upon
them
and
they
instantly
concluded
that
they
were
doomed
to
be
buried
alive
.
