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Narrative Continued by the Doctor: End of the First Day’s Fighting

           Allthroughtheeveningtheykeptthunderingaway.Ballafterballflewoverorfellshortorkickedupthesandintheenclosure,buttheyhadtofiresohighthattheshotfelldeadandburieditselfinthesoftsand.Wehadnoricochettofear,andthoughonepoppedinthroughtheroofofthelog-houseandoutagainthroughthefloor,wesoongotusedtothatsortofhorse-playandmindeditnomorethancricket.

           "Thereisonegoodthingaboutallthis,"observedthecaptain;"thewoodinfrontofusislikelyclear.Theebbhasmadeagoodwhile;ourstoresshouldbeuncovered.Volunteerstogoandbringinpork."

           Grayandhunterwerethefirsttocomeforward.Wellarmed,theystoleoutofthestockade,butitprovedauselessmission.ThemutineerswerebolderthanwefanciedortheyputmoretrustinIsrael’sgunnery.Forfourorfiveofthemwerebusycarryingoffourstoresandwadingoutwiththemtooneofthegigsthatlaycloseby,pullinganoarorsotoholdhersteadyagainstthecurrent.Silverwasinthestern-sheetsincommand;andeverymanofthemwasnowprovidedwithamusketfromsomesecretmagazineoftheirown.

           Thecaptainsatdowntohislog,andhereisthebeginningoftheentry:

           AlexanderSmollett,master;DavidLivesey,ship’sdoctor;AbrahamGray,carpenter’smate;JohnTrelawney,owner;JohnHunterandRichardJoyce,owner’sservants,landsmenbeingallthatisleftfaithfuloftheship’scompanywithstoresfortendaysatshortrations,cameashorethisdayandflewBritishcoloursonthelog-houseinTreasureIsland.ThomasRedruth,owner’sservant,landsman,shotbythemutineers;JamesHawkins,cabin-boy

           Andatthesametime,IwaswonderingoverpoorJimHawkins’fate.

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