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Chapter 29

           Inothermomentwemetindeepwater,claspedeachotherroundtheneck,andsank,asamatterofcourse,tothebottom!Wewerewell-nighchoked,andinstantlystruggledtothesurface,wherePeterkinwassplutteringaboutlikeawoundedduck,laughingandcryingbyturns,andchokinghimselfwithsaltwater!

           Itwouldbeimpossibletoconveytomyreader,bydescription,anadequateconceptionofthescenethatfollowedmylandingonthebeach,aswestoodembracingeachotherindiscriminatelyinourdrippinggarments,andgivingutterancetoincoherentrhapsodies,mingledwithwildshouts.Itcanbemoreeasilyimaginedthandescribed;soIwilldrawacurtainoverthispartofmyhistory,andcarrythereaderforwardoveranintervalofthreedays.

           DuringthegreaterpartofthatperiodPeterkindidnothingbutroastpigs,taro,andbread-fruit,andplymewithplantains,plums,potatoes,andcocoa-nuts,whileIrelatedtohimandJacktheterribleandwonderfuladventuresIhadgonethroughsincewelastmet.AfterIhadfinishedtheaccount,theymademegoalloveritagain;andwhenIhadconcludedthesecondrecitalIhadtogooveritagain,whiletheycommenteduponitpiecemeal.

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