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Chapter 19. Vanikoro

           Ateighto’clock,armedwithgunsandhatchets,wegotofftheNautilus.Theseawasprettycalm;aslightbreezeblewonland.ConseilandIrowing,wespedalongquickly,andNedsteeredinthestraightpassagethatthebreakersleftbetweenthem.Theboatwaswellhandled,andmovedrapidly.

           NedLandcouldnotrestrainhisjoy.Hewaslikeaprisonerthathadescapedfromprison,andknewnotthatitwasnecessarytore-enterit.

           "Meat!Wearegoingtoeatsomemeat;andwhatmeat!"hereplied."Realgame!no,bread,indeed."

           "Idonotsaythatfishisnotgood;wemustnotabuseit;butapieceoffreshvenison,grilledonlivecoals,willagreeablyvaryourordinarycourse."

           "Glutton!"saidConseil,"hemakesmymouthwater."

           "Itremainstobeseen,"Isaid,"iftheseforestsarefullofgame,andifthegameisnotsuchaswillhuntthehunterhimself."

           "Wellsaid,M.Aronnax,"repliedtheCanadian,whoseteethseemedsharpenedliketheedgeofahatchet;"butIwilleattigerloinoftigerifthereisnootherquadrupedonthisisland."

           "FriendNedisuneasyaboutit,"saidConseil.

           "Whateveritmaybe,"continuedNedLand,"everyanimalwithfourpawswithoutfeathers,orwithtwopawswithoutfeathers,willbesalutedbymyfirstshot."

           "Verywell!MasterLand’simprudencesarebeginning."

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