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Chapter 11

           Therewasnofurnitureintheapartmentsavealittlewoodenstoolandanironpot,thelatteralmosteatenthroughwithrust.Inthecornerfarthestfromthedoorwasalowbedstead,onwhichlaytwoskeletons,embeddedinalittleheapofdrydust.Withbeatingheartswewentforwardtoexaminethem.Onewastheskeletonofaman;theotherthatofadog,whichwasextendedclosebesidethatoftheman,withitsheadrestingonhisbosom.

           Nowwewereverymuchconcernedaboutthisdiscovery,andcouldscarcerefrainfromtearsonbeholdingthesesadremains.Aftersometimewebegantotalkaboutwhatwehadseen,andtoexamineinandaroundthehut,inordertodiscoversomecluetothenameorhistoryofthispoorman,whohadthusdiedinsolitude,withnonetomournhislosssavehiscatandhisfaithfuldog.Butwefoundnothingneitherabooknorascrapofpaper.Wefound,however,thedecayedremnantsofwhatappearedtohavebeenclothing,andanoldaxe.Butnoneofthesethingsboremarksofanykind,andindeedtheyweresomuchdecayedastoconvinceusthattheyhadlainintheconditioninwhichwefoundthemformanyyears.

           Thisdiscoverynowaccountedtousforthetree-stumpatthetopofthemountainwiththeinitialscutonit;alsoforthepatchofsugar-caneandothertracesofmanwhichwehadmetwithinthecourseofourramblesovertheisland.

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