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The Best to Do

           Benedict,andNan,oughtnottoquitthisgrotto.Bat,Hercules,Acteon,andAustinshouldremainnearyou,whileTomandIshouldgoforward.Negoro,doubtless,willprefertoremainhere?"addedDickSand,lookingatthehead-cook.

           "Probably,"repliedNegoro,whowasnotamantocommithimselfanymorethanthat.

           "WeshouldtakeDingowithus,"continuedthenovice."Hewouldbeusefultousduringourexploration."

           Dingo,hearinghisnamepronounced,reappearedattheentranceofthegrotto,andseemedtoapproveofDickSand’sprojectsbyalittlebark.

           Sincethenovicehadmadethisproposition,Mrs.Weldonremainedpensive.Herrepugnancetotheideaofaseparation,evenshort,wasveryserious.Mightitnothappenthattheshipwreckofthe"Pilgrim"wouldsoonbeknowntotheIndiantribeswhofrequentedthesea-shore,eithertothenorthortothesouth,andincasesomeplunderersofthewrecksthrownontheshoreshouldpresentthemselves,wasitnotbetterforalltobeunitedtorepulsethem?

           Thatobjection,madetothenovice’sproposition,trulymeritedadiscussion.

           Itfell,however,beforeDickSand’sarguments,whoobservedthattheIndiansoughtnottobeconfoundedwiththesavagesofAfricaorPolynesia,andanyaggressionontheirpartwasprobablynottobefeared.ButtoentanglethemselvesinthiscountrywithoutevenknowingtowhatprovinceofSouthAmericaitbelonged,noratwhatdistancethenearesttownofthatprovincewassituated,wastoexposethemselvestomanyfatigues.

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