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Chapter 10

           Whilewalkingalongthemarginweobservedfishinthewater,butofwhatsortwecouldnottell.

           Now,aswenearedtheshore,JackandIsaidwewouldgoalittleoutofourwaytoseeifwecouldprocureoneofthoseducks;so,directingPeterkintogostraighttotheshoreandkindleafire,weseparated,promisingtorejoinhimspeedily.Butwedidnotfindtheducks,althoughwemadeadiligentsearchforhalf-an-hour.Wewereabouttoretraceourstepswhenwewerearrestedbyoneofthestrangestsightsthatwehadyetbeheld.

           Justinfrontofus,atthedistanceofabouttenyards,grewasuperbtree,whichcertainlywasthelargestwehadyetseenontheisland.Itstrunkwasatleastfivefeetindiameter,withasmooth,greybark;abovethisthespreadingbrancheswereclothedwithlight-greenleaves,amidwhichwereclustersofbright-yellowfruit,sonumerousastoweighdowntheboughswiththeirgreatweight.Thisfruitseemedtobeoftheplumspecies,ofanoblongform,andagooddeallargerthanthemagnumbonumplum.Thegroundatthefootofthistreewasthicklystrewnwiththefallenfruit,inthemidstofwhichlaysleeping,ineverypossibleattitude,atleasttwentyhogsofallagesandsizes,apparentlyquitesurfeitedwitharecentbanquet.

           JackandIcouldscarcerestrainourlaughteraswegazedatthesecoarse,fat,ill-lookinganimalswhiletheylaygroaningandsnoringheavilyamidtheremainsoftheirsupper.

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