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Chapter 6

           Wedidnotthinkthislikely,however,because,insuchcircumstances,thecrewofashipwouldcutwoodofsmallsizeandneartheshore;whereasthiswasalargetree,andstoodnearthetopofthemountain.Infact,itwasthehighestlargetreeonthemountain,allaboveitbeingwoodofveryrecentgrowth.

           "Ican’tunderstandit,"saidJack,scratchingthesurfaceofthestumpwithhisaxe."Icanonlysupposethatthesavageshavebeenhereandcutitforsomepurposeknownonlytothemselves.But,hallo!whathavewehere?"

           AshespokeJackbegancarefullytoscrapeawaythemossandfungusfromthestump,andsoonlaidbarethreedistincttracesofmarks,asifsomeinscriptionorinitialshadbeencutthereon.Butalthoughthetracesweredistinct,beyondalldoubt,theexactformoftheletterscouldnotbemadeout.JackthoughttheylookedlikeJS,butwecouldnotbecertain.Theyhadapparentlybeencarelesslycut,andlongexposuretotheweatherhadsobrokenthemupthatwecouldnotmakeoutwhattheywere.Wewereexceedinglyperplexedatthisdiscovery,andstayedalongtimeattheplaceconjecturingwhatthesemarkscouldhavebeen,butwithoutavail;so,asthedaywasadvancing,weleftit,andquicklyreachedthetopofthemountain.

           Wefoundthistobethehighestpointoftheisland,andfromitwesawourkingdomlying,asitwere,likeamaparoundus.

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