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Chapter 10

           Andit’snojoketochargeawholeherdofswinewiththeirgreat-grandmotherbristlinglikeagiantporcupine,attheheadofthem!"

           Wenowsetaboutpreparingsupper;and,truly,agooddisplayofviandswemadewhenallwaslaidoutonaflatrockinthelightoftheblazingfire.Therewas,firstofall,thelittlepig;thentherewerethetaro-root,andtheyam,andthepotato,andsixplums;andlastly,thewood-pigeon.TothesePeterkinaddedabitofsugar-cane,whichhehadcutfromalittlepatchofthatplantwhichhehadfoundnotlongafterseparatingfromus;"and,"saidhe,"thepatchwassomewhatinasquareform,whichconvincesmeitmusthavebeenplantedbyman."

           "Verylikely,"repliedJack."Fromallwehaveseen,I’minclinedtothinkthatsomeofthesavagesmusthavedweltherelongago."

           Wefoundnosmalldifficultyinmakingupourmindshowweweretocookthepig.Noneofushadevercutuponebefore,andwedidnotknowexactlyhowtobegin;besides,wehadnothingbuttheaxetodoitwith,ourknifehavingbeenforgotten.AtlastJackstartedupandsaid:

           "Don’tletuswastemoretimetalkingaboutit,boys.Holditup,Peterkin.There,laythehindlegonthisblockofwoodso;"andhecutitoff;withalargeportionofthehaunch,atasingleblowoftheaxe."Nowtheotherthat’sit."Andhavingthuscutoffthetwohindlegs,hemadeseveraldeepgashesinthem,thrustasharp-pointedstickthrougheach,andstuckthemupbeforetheblazetoroast

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