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Chapter 19

           IwasgreatlyalarmedatJack’sspeech;butIconfessIthoughtlessofwhathesaidthanoftheearnest,anxiousmannerinwhichhesaidit,anditwaswithveryuncomfortablefeelingsthatPeterkinandIfollowedhimquicklyintothewoods.

           "Howunfortunate,"saidIaswegainedtheshelterofthebushes,"thatwehaveforgottenourarms!"

           "Itmattersnot,"saidJack;"hereareclubsenoughandtospare."Ashespoke,helaidhishandonabundleofstoutpolesofvarioussizes,whichPeterkin’sever-busyhandshadformed,duringourfrequentvisitstothecliff,fornootherpurpose,apparently,thanthatofhavingsomethingtodo.

           Weeachselectedastoutclubaccordingtoourseveraltastesandlaydownbehindarock,whencewecouldseethecanoesapproachwithoutourselvesbeingseen.Atfirstwemadeanoccasionalremarkontheirappearance;butaftertheyenteredthelagoonanddrewnearthebeach,weceasedtospeak,andgazedwithintenseinterestatthescenebeforeus.

           Wenowobservedthattheforemostcanoewasbeingchasedbytheother,andthatitcontainedafewwomenandchildrenaswellasmenperhapsfortysoulsaltogetherwhilethecanoewhichpursueditcontainedonlymen.Theyseemedtobeaboutthesameinnumber,butwerebetterarmed,andhadtheappearanceofbeingawar-party.Bothcrewswerepaddlingwithalltheirmight,anditseemedasifthepursuersexertedthemselvestoovertakethefugitiveseretheycouldland.Inthis,however,theyfailed.

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