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Chapter 8

           Butwhatseemedtousthemostwonderfulthingaboutitwasacurioussubstanceresemblingcloth,whichwaswrappedroundthethickendofthestalkwhereithadbeencutfromthetree.Peterkintoldusthathehadthegreatestdifficultyinseparatingthebranchfromthestemonaccountofthissubstance,asitwaswrappedquiteroundthetree,and,heobserved,roundalltheotherbranches,thusformingastrongsupporttothelargeleaveswhileexposedtohighwinds.WhenIcallthissubstanceclothIdonotexaggerate.Indeed,withregardtoallthethingsIsawduringmyeventfulcareerintheSouthSeas,Ihavebeenexceedinglycarefulnottoexaggerate,orinanywaytomisleadordeceivemyreaders.Thiscloth,Isay,wasremarkablyliketocoarsebrowncottoncloth.Ithadaseamorfibredownthecentreofit,fromwhichdivergedotherfibres,aboutthesizeofabristle.Thereweretwolayersofthesefibres,verylongandtough,theonelayercrossingtheotherobliquely,andthewholewascementedtogetherwithastillfinerfibrousandadhesivesubstance.Whenweregardeditattentively,wecouldwithdifficultybelievethatithadnotbeenwovenbyhumanhands.Thisremarkablepieceofclothwestrippedcarefullyoff,andfoundittobeabovetwofeetlongbyafootbroad,andwecarriedithomewithusasagreatprize.

           Jacknowtookoneoftheleaflets,andcuttingoutthecentralspineorstalk,hurriedbackwithittoourcamp.Havingmadeasmallfire,hebakedthenutsslightlyandthenpeeledoffthehusks.

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