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Chapter 13

           "Hum!"returnedPeterkin;"supposeasalamanderwastoproposetoyou‘onlytokeepstill’andhewouldcarryyouthroughablazingfireinafewseconds,whatwouldyousay?"

           Webothlaughedandshookourheads,foritwasevidentthatnothingwastobemadeofPeterkininthewater.Butwecouldnotrestsatisfiedtillwehadseenmoreofthiscave;so,afterfurtherconsultation,JackandIdeterminedtotryifwecouldtakedownatorchwithus,andsetfiretoitinthecavern.Thiswefoundtobeanundertakingofnosmalldifficulty,butweaccomplisheditatlastbythefollowingmeans:First,wemadeatorchofaveryinflammablenatureoutofthebarkofacertaintree,whichwecutintostrips,andaftertwisting,cementedtogetherwithakindofresinorgum,whichwealsoobtainedfromanothertree;neitherofwhichtrees,however,wasknownbynametoJack.This,whenprepared,wewrappedupinagreatnumberofpliesofcocoa-nutcloth,sothatwewereconfidentitcouldnotgetwetduringtheshorttimeitshouldbeunderwater.Thenwetookasmallpieceofthetinder,whichwehadcarefullytreasureduplestweshouldrequireit,asbeforesaid,whenthesunshouldfailus;also,werolledupsomedrygrassandafewchips,which,withalittlebowanddrill,likethosedescribedbefore,wemadeintoanotherbundleandwrappeditupincocoa-nutcloth.Whenallwasreadywelaidasideourgarments,withtheexceptionofourtrousers,which,aswedidnotknowwhatroughscrapingagainsttherockswemightbesubjectedto,wekepton.

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