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Chapter 31

           Drawingasideintothebushes,weawaitedtheircomingup;andastheydrewnear,weobservedthatitwasaprocessionofthenatives,manyofwhomweredancingandgesticulatinginthemostfranticmanner.Theyhadanexceedinglyhideousaspect,owingtotheblack,red,andyellowpaintswithwhichtheirfacesandnakedbodieswerebedaubed.Inthemidstofthesecameabandofmencarryingthreeorfourplanks,onwhichwereseated,inrows,upwardsofadozenmen.IshudderedinvoluntarilyasIrecollectedthesacrificeofhumanvictimsattheislandofEmo,andturnedwithalookoffeartoJackasIsaid:

           "OhJack!Ihaveaterribledreadthattheyaregoingtocommitsomeoftheircruelpracticesonthesewretchedmen.Wehadbetternotgotothetemple.Weshallonlybehorrifiedwithoutbeingabletodoanygood,forIfeartheyaregoingtokillthem."

           Jack’sfaceworeanexpressionofdeepcompassionashesaidinalowvoice,"Nofear,Ralph;thesufferingsofthesepoorfellowsareoverlongago."

           Iturnedwithastartashespoke,andglancingatthemen,whowerenowquiteneartothespotwherewestood,sawthattheywerealldead.Theyweretiedfirmlywithropesinasittingpostureontheplanks,andseemed,astheybenttheirsightlesseyeballsandgrinningmouthsoverthedancingcrewbelow,asiftheywerelaughinginghastlymockeryattheutterinabilityoftheirenemiestohurtthemnow.

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