Коралловый остров

Chapter 10

           However,therewerequantitiesoffinenutsuponit,someofwhichweputinourpockets.Butitsstemwasthemostwonderfulpartofit.Itrosetoabouttwelvefeetwithoutabranch,andwasnotofgreatthickness;onthecontrary,itwasremarkablyslenderforthesizeofthetree.Buttomakeupforthis,therewerefourorfivewonderfulprojectionsinthisstem,whichIcannotbetterdescribethanbyaskingthereadertosupposethatfiveplanksoftwoinchesthickandthreefeetbroadhadbeenplacedroundthetrunkofthetree,withtheiredgescloselyfixedtoit,fromthegrounduptothebranches,andthattheseplankshadbeencoveredoverwiththebarkofthetreeandincorporatedwithit.Inshort,theywerejustnaturalbuttresses,withoutwhichthestemcouldnothavesupporteditsheavyandumbrageoustop.Wefoundthesechestnutstobeverynumerous.Theygrewchieflyonthebanksofthestream,andwereofallsizes.

           WhilewewereexaminingasmalltreeofthiskindJackchippedapieceoffabuttresswithhisaxe,andfoundthewoodtobefirmandeasilycut.Hethenstrucktheaxeintoitwithallhisforce,andverysoonsplititoffclosetothetreefirst,however,havingcutitacrosstransverselyaboveandbelow.Bythismeanshesatisfiedhimselfthatwecouldnowobtainshortplanks,asitwereallreadysawn,ofanysizeandthicknessthatwedesired,whichwasaverygreatdiscoveryindeedperhapsthemostimportantwehadyetmade.

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