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Chapter 8

           BythistimePeterkinhadthinneddownhisspear,andtiedanironpointverycleverlytotheendofit;Ihadformedasling,thelinesofwhichwerecomposedofthinstripsofthecocoa-nutcloth,plaited;andJackhadmadeastoutbow,nearlyfivefeetlong,withtwoarrows,featheredwithtwoorthreelargeplumeswhichsomebirdhaddropped.Theyhadnobarbs;butJacksaidthatifarrowswerewellfeatheredtheydidnotrequireironpoints,butwouldflyquitewellifmerelysharpenedatthepoint,whichIdidnotknowbefore.

           "Afeatheredarrowwithoutabarb,"saidhe,"isagoodweapon,butabarbedarrowwithoutfeathersisutterlyuseless."

           Thestringofthebowwasformedofourpieceofwhip-cord,partofwhich,ashedidnotliketocutit,wasrolledroundthebow.

           Althoughthuspreparedforastartonthemorrowwethoughtitwisetoexerciseourselvesalittleintheuseofourweaponsbeforestarting,sowespentthewholeofthenextdayinpractising.Anditwaswellwedidso,forwefoundthatourarmswereveryimperfect,andthatwewerefarfromperfectintheuseofthem.First,Jackfoundthatthebowwasmuchtoostrong,andhehadtothinit.Alsothespearwasmuchtooheavy,andsohadtobereducedinthickness,althoughnothingwouldinducePeterkintohaveitshortened.Myslingansweredverywell;butIhadfallensomuchoutofpracticethatmyfirststoneknockedoffPeterkin’shat,andnarrowlymissedmakingasecondGoliathofhim

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