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Chapter 24

           Butweheardfrightfulyellinganddancingandmerrymakingthatnight;andoneofthenatives,whocameaboardtotradewithusnextday,toldusthatthelongpigs,ashecalledthemen,hadbeenroastedandeaten,andtheirbonesweretobeconvertedintosail-needles.Healsosaidthatwhitemenwerebadtoeat,andthatmosto’thepeopleonshoreweresick."

           Iwasverymuchshockedandcastdowninmymindatthisterribleaccountofthenatives,andaskedBillwhathewouldadvisemetodo.Lookingroundthedecktomakesurethatwewerenotoverheard,heloweredhisvoiceandsaid,"Therearetwoorthreewaysthatwemightescape,Ralph,butnoneo’them’seasy.Ifthecaptainwouldonlysailforsomeo’theislandsnearTahitiwemightrunawaytherewellenough,becausethenativesareallChristians;an’wefindthatwhereverthesavagestakeupwithChristianitytheyalwaysgiveovertheirbloodyways,andaresafetobetrusted.InevercaredforChristianitymyself,"hecontinuedinasoliloquisingvoice,"andIdon’twellknowwhatitmeans;butamanwithhalf-an-eyecanseewhatitdoesfortheseblackcritters.However,thecaptainalwayskeepsasharplookoutafteruswhenwegettotheseislands,forhehalf-suspectsthatoneortwoo’usaretiredofhiscompany.Thenwemightmanagetocuttheboatadriftsomefinenightwhenit’sourwatchondeck,andclearoffbeforetheydiscoveredthatweweregone.Butwewouldruntherisko’bein’caughtbytheblacks.Iwouldn’tliketotrythatplan.

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