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Chapter 6

           Indeed,thenumerousfragmentslyingscatteredallroundmighthavesuggestedthecauseofthesoundhadwenotbeentoosuddenlyalarmedtothinkofanything.

           Wenowresumedourjourney,resolvingthat,inourfutureexcursionsintotheinterior,wewouldbecarefultoavoidthisdangerousprecipice.

           Soonafterwardswearrivedatthefootofthehill,andpreparedtoascendit.HereJackmadeadiscoverywhichcausedusallverygreatjoy.Thiswasatreeofaremarkablybeautifulappearance,whichJackconfidentlydeclaredtobethecelebratedbread-fruittree.

           "Isitcelebrated?"inquiredPeterkinwithalookofgreatsimplicity.

           "Itis,"repliedJack.

           "That’sodd,now,"rejoinedPeterkin;"Ineverheardofitbefore."

           "Thenit’snotsocelebratedasIthoughtitwas,"returnedJack,quietlysqueezingPeterkin’shatoverhiseyes;"butlisten,youignorantboobie!andhearofitnow."

           Peterkinreadjustedhishat,andwassoonlisteningwithasmuchinterestasmyselfwhileJacktoldusthatthistreeisoneofthemostvaluableintheislandsofthesouth;thatitbearstwo,sometimesthree,cropsoffruitintheyear;thatthefruitisverylikewheatenbreadinappearance,andthatitconstitutestheprincipalfoodofmanyoftheislanders.

           "So,"saidPeterkin,"weseemtohaveeverythingreadypreparedtoourhandsinthiswonderfulislandlemonadereadybottledinnuts,andloaf-breadgrowingonthetrees!"

           Peterkin,asusual,wasjesting;nevertheless,itisacuriousfactthathespokealmosttheliteraltruth.

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