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The Best to Do

           DickSandsoonsawhimwalkfromthesideofthelittleriver,andwhenNegorohaddisappearedontheothersideofthecliff,heceasedtothinkofhim.

           Dingohadindeedbarkedwhenthecookhadarrivedonthesteepbank,butbecamesilentalmostimmediately.

           Itwasnecessary,now,toconsiderthemostpressingwants.Now,themostpressingwastofindarefuge,ashelterofsomekind,wheretheycouldinstallthemselvesforthetime,andpartakeofsomenourishment.Thentheywouldtakecounsel,andtheywoulddecidewhatitwouldbeconvenienttodo.

           Astofood,theyhadnottotroublethemselves.Withoutspeakingoftheresourceswhichthecountrymustoffer,theship’sstore-roomhademptieditselfforthebenefitofthesurvivorsoftheshipwreck.Thesurfhadthrownhereandthereamongtherocks,thenuncoveredbytheebb-tide,agreatquantityofobjects.Tomandhiscompanionshadalreadypickedupsomebarrelsofbiscuit,boxesofalimentarypreserves,casesofdriedmeat.Thewaternothavingyetdamagedthem,foodforthelittletroopwassecuredformoretime,doubtless,thantheywouldrequiretoreachatownoravillage.Inthatrespecttherewasnothingtofear.Thesedifferentwaifs,alreadyputinasafeplace,couldnolongerbetakenbackbyarisingsea.

           Neitherwassweetwaterlacking.FirstofallDickSandhadtakencaretosendHerculestothelittleriverforafewpints.Butitwasacaskwhichthevigorousnegrobroughtbackonhisshoulder,afterhavingfilleditwithwaterfreshandpure,whichtheebbofthetideleftperfectlydrinkable.

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