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Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship Was Abandoned

           Andtheheadpoppedbackagain;andweheardnomore,forthetime,ofthesesixveryfaint-heartedseamen.

           Bythistime,tumblingthingsinastheycame,wehadthejolly-boatloadedasmuchaswedared.JoyceandIgotoutthroughthestern-port,andwemadeforshoreagainasfastasoarscouldtakeus.

           Thissecondtripfairlyarousedthewatchersalongshore."Lillibullero"wasdroppedagain;andjustbeforewelostsightofthembehindthelittlepoint,oneofthemwhippedashoreanddisappeared.Ihadhalfamindtochangemyplananddestroytheirboats,butIfearedthatSilverandtheothersmightbecloseathand,andallmightverywellbelostbytryingfortoomuch.

           Wehadsoontouchedlandinthesameplaceasbeforeandsettoprovisiontheblockhouse.Allthreemadethefirstjourney,heavilyladen,andtossedourstoresoverthepalisade.Then,leavingJoycetoguardthemoneman,tobesure,butwithhalfadozenmusketsHunterandIreturnedtothejolly-boatandloadedourselvesoncemore.Soweproceededwithoutpausingtotakebreath,tillthewholecargowasbestowed,whenthetwoservantstookuptheirpositionintheblockhouse,andI,withallmypower,sculledbacktotheHispaniola.

           Thatweshouldhaveriskedasecondboatloadseemsmoredaringthanitreallywas.Theyhadtheadvantageofnumbers,ofcourse,butwehadtheadvantageofarms.Notoneofthemenashorehadamusket,andbeforetheycouldgetwithinrangeforpistolshooting,weflatteredourselvesweshouldbeabletogiveagoodaccountofahalf-dozenatleast.

           Thesquirewaswaitingformeatthesternwindow,allhisfaintnessgonefromhim.Hecaughtthepainterandmadeitfast,andwefelltoloadingtheboatforourverylives.

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