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Chapter 24

           Iwasmuchinterestedinthis,andrecollectedthatJackhadoftenspokenofmanyoftheislandsofthePacificasbeingvolcanoes,eitheractiveorextinct,andhadsaidthatthewholeregionwasmoreorlessvolcanic,andthatsomescientificmenwereofopinionthattheislandsofthePacificwerenothingmoreorlessthanthemountain-topsofahugecontinentwhichhadsunkundertheinfluenceofvolcanicagency.

           Threedaysafterpassingthevolcano,wefoundourselvesafewmilestowindwardofanislandofconsiderablesizeandluxuriantaspect.Itconsistedoftwomountains,whichseemedtobenearlyfourthousandfeethigh.Theywereseparatedfromeachotherbyabroadvalley,whosethick-growingtreesascendedaconsiderabledistanceupthemountain-sides;andrich,levelplainsormeadow-landspreadroundthebaseofthemountains,exceptatthepointimmediatelyoppositethelargevalley,whereariverseemedtocarrythetrees,asitwere,alongwithitdowntothewhite,sandyshore.Themountain-tops,unlikethoseofourCoralIsland,weresharp,needle-shaped,andbare,whiletheirsidesweremoreruggedandgrandinoutlinethananythingIhadyetseeninthoseseas.BloodyBillwasbesidemewhentheislandfirsthoveinsight.

           "Ah!"heexclaimed,"Iknowthatislandwell.TheycallitEmo."

           "Haveyoubeentherebefore,then?"Iinquired.

           "Ay,thatIhave,often,andsohasthisschooner.’Tisafamousislandforsandal-wood.

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