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           Spilett,"answeredPencroft,"Iwillaskyoutosetoffto-morrowatdaybreak.Thewindseemstometobelikelytoshifttothewest,andafterhavinghadafairwindforcomingweshallhaveafairwindforgoingback."

           "Thendonotletuslosetime,"saidHerbert,rising.

           "Wewon’twastetime,"returnedPencroft."You,Herbert,goandgathertheseeds,whichyouknowbetterthanwedo.Whileyoudothat,Mr.SpilettandIwillgoandhaveapighunt,andevenwithoutTopIhopeweshallmanagetocatchafew!"

           Herbertaccordinglytookthepathwhichledtowardsthecultivatedpartoftheislet,whilethesailorandthereporterenteredtheforest.

           Manyspecimensoftheporcineracefledbeforethem,andtheseanimals,whichweresingularlyactive,didnotappeartobeinahumortoallowthemselvestobeapproached.

           However,afteranhour’schase,thehuntershadjustmanagedtogetholdofacouplelyinginathicket,whencrieswereheardresoundingfromthenorthpartoftheisland,Withthecriesweremingledterribleyells,inwhichtherewasnothinghuman.

           PencroftandGideonSpilettwereatonceontheirfeet,andthepigsbythismovementbegantorunaway,atthemomentwhenthesailorwasgettingreadytheropetobindthem.

           "That’sHerbert’svoice,"saidthereporter.

           "Run!"exclaimedPencroft.

           AndthesailorandSpilettimmediatelyranatfullspeedtowardsthespotfromwhencethecriesproceeded.