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Chapter 11

           "So,then,ourdreadfulyellingghostsandourmurderingarmyofsoldiers,"remarkedPeterkin,"havedwindleddowntopenguinsbigsea-birds!Verygood.ThenIproposethatwecontinueourjourneyasfastaspossible,lestourislandshouldbeconvertedintoadreambeforewegetcompletelyroundit."

           Now,aswecontinuedonourway,Iponderedmuchoverthisnewdiscoveryandthesingularappearanceofthesebirds,ofwhichJackcouldonlygiveusaveryslightandvagueaccount;andIbegantolongtocommenceourboat,inorderthatwemightgoandinspectthemmorenarrowly.Butbydegreesthesethoughtsleftme,andIbegantobemuchtakenupagainwiththeinterestingpeculiaritiesofthecountrywhichwewerepassingthrough.

           Thesecondnightwepassedinamannersomewhatsimilartothefirstatabouttwo-thirdsofthewayroundtheisland,aswecalculatedandwehopedtosleeponthenightfollowingatourbower.Iwillnotherenotesoparticularlyallthatwesaidandsawduringthecourseofthissecondday,aswedidnotmakeanyfurtherdiscoveriesofgreatimportance.Theshorealongwhichwetravelled,andthevariouspartsofthewoodsthroughwhichwepassed,weresimilartothosewhichhavebeenalreadytreatedof.

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