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Chapter 13

           "Bythebye,"saidI,interruptingtheirconversation,"Iamremindedbythisthatwehavenotyetdiscoveredthenatureofyoncuriousappearancethatwesawnearthewaterspoutsonourjourneyroundtheisland.Perhapsitwouldbewelltogoforthatpurpose."

           "Humph!"ejaculatedPeterkin,"Iknowthenatureofitwellenough."

           "Whatwasit?"saidI.

           "Itwasofamysteriousnature,tobesure!"saidhewithawaveofhishand,whileherosefromthelogonwhichhehadbeensittingandbuckledonhisbelt,intowhichhethrusthisenormousclub.

           "Well,then,letusawaytothewaterspouts,"criedJack,goinguptothebowerforhisbowandarrows."Andbringyourspear,Peterkin;itmaybeuseful."

           Wenow,havingmadeupourmindstoexamineintothismatter,salliedfortheagerlyinthedirectionofthewaterspoutrocks,which,asIhavebeforementioned,werenotfarfromourpresentplaceofabode.Onarrivingtherewehasteneddowntotheedgeoftherocksandgazedoverintothesea,whereweobservedthepale-greenobjectstilldistinctlyvisible,movingitstailslowlytoandfrointhewater.

           "Mostremarkable!"saidJack.

           "Exceedinglycurious!"saidI.

           "Beatseverything!"saidPeterkin."Now,Jack,"headded,"youmadesuchapoorfigureinyourlastattempttostickthatobjectthatIwouldadviseyoutoletmetryit.Ifithasgotaheartatall,I’llengagetosendmyspearrightthroughthecoreofit;ifithasn’tgotaheart,I’llsenditthroughthespotwhereitsheartoughttobe."

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