Chapter 25

           Nextdaythewood-cuttingpartywentashoreagain,andIaccompaniedthemasbefore.Duringthedinner-hourIwanderedintothewoodsalone,beingdisinclinedforfoodthatday.IhadnotrambledfarwhenIfoundmyselfunexpectedlyontheseashore,havingcrossedanarrowneckoflandwhichseparatedthenativevillagefromalargebay.HereIfoundapartyoftheislandersbusywithoneoftheirwar-canoes,whichwasalmostreadyforlaunching.Istoodforalongtimewatchingthispartywithgreatinterest,andobservedthattheyfastenedthetimbersandplankstoeachotherverymuchinthesamewayinwhichIhadseenJackfastenthoseofourlittleboat.Butwhatsurprisedmemostwasitsimmenselength,whichImeasuredcarefully,andfoundtobeahundredfeetlong;anditwassocapaciousthatitcouldhaveheldthreehundredmen.Ithadtheunwieldyoutriggerandenormouslyhighstern-postswhichIhadremarkedonthecanoethatcametouswhileIwasontheCoralIsland.Observingsomeboysplayingatgamesashortwayalongthebeach,Iresolvedtogoandwatchthem;butasIturnedfromthenativeswhowereengagedsobusilyandcheerfullyattheirwork,Ilittlethoughtoftheterribleeventthathungonthecompletionofthatwar-canoe.

           Advancingtowardsthechildren,whoweresonumerousthatIbegantothinkthismustbethegeneralplaygroundofthevillage,Isatdownonagrassybankundertheshadeofaplantain-treetowatchthem.AndahappierormorenoisycrewIhaveneverseen.

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