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Chapter 20

           "Perhaps,"saidPeterkin,"thechiefmeanssheisanangelcomedowntostayhereforawhile.Ifso,she’sanuncommonlyblackone!"

           Wedidnotfeelquitesatisfiedwiththisexplanation,soJackwentuptoherandsaid"Avatea."Thewomansmiledsadlyandnoddedherhead,atthesametimepointingtoherbreastandthentothesuninthesamemannerasthechiefhaddone.Weweremuchpuzzledtoknowwhatthiscouldsignify;butastherewasnowayofsolvingourdifficulty,wewereobligedtorestcontent.

           Jacknowmadesignstothenativestofollowhim,andtakinguphisaxe,heledthemtotheplacewherethebattlehadbeenfought.Herewefoundtheprisoners,whohadpassedthenightonthebeach,havingbeentotallyforgottenbyus,asourmindshadbeenfullofourguests,andwereultimatelyovercomebysleep.Theydidnotseemtheworsefortheirexposure,however,aswejudgedbytheheartyappetitewithwhichtheydevouredthebreakfastthatwassoonaftergiventothem.Jackthenbegantodigaholeinthesand,andafterworkingafewseconds,hepointedtoitandtothedeadbodiesthatlayexposedonthebeach.Thenativesimmediatelyperceivedwhathewanted,andrunningfortheirpaddles,dugaholeinthecourseofhalf-an-hourthatwasquitelargeenoughtocontainallthebodiesoftheslain.Whenitwasfinished,theytossedtheirdeadenemiesintoitwithsomuchindifferencethatwefeltassuredtheywouldnothaveputthemselvestothistroublehadwenotaskedthemtodoso.

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