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Chapter XXIV. Eleven Years in a Few Pages
Totheirextremesurprise,WilliamGuyandhiscompanionsrecognizedthestrangeanimalasthedogTiger.
Yes!Tigerhadescapedfromthecrumblingmassofthehillandbetakenhimselftotheinterioroftheisland,whencehehadreturnedtoKlock-Klock,tospreadterroramongthenatives.ButTigerwasnomerephantomfoe;hewasthemostdangerousanddeadlyofenemies,forthepooranimalwasmad,andhisfangswerefatal!
ThiswasthereasonwhythegreaterpartoftheTsalalislanderstooktoflight,headedbytheirchief,Too-Wit,andtheWampos,whoaretheleadingpersonagesofKlock-Klock.Itwasundertheseextraordinarycircumstancesthattheyabandonedtheirisland,whithertheyweredestinednevertoreturn.
Althoughtheboatscarriedoffthebulkofthepopulation,aconsiderablenumberstillremainedonTsalal,havingnomeansofescape,andtheirfateaccomplisheditselfquickly.SeveralnativeswhowerebittenbyTigerdevelopedhydrophobiarapidly,andattackedtheothers.Fearfulscenesensued,andarebrieflytobesummedupinonedismalstatement.TheboneswehadseeninornearKlock-Klockwerethoseofthepoorsavages,whichhadlaintherebleachingforelevenyears!
Thepoordoghaddiedafterhehaddonehisfellwork,inacorneronthebeach,whereDirkPetersfoundhisskeletonandthecollarbearingthenameofArthurPym.
