Chapter 10

           Ourexaminationofthelittlevalleyprovedtobealtogethermostsatisfactory.Wefoundinitnotonlysimilartreestothosewehadalreadyseeninourownvalley,butalsooneortwoothersofadifferentspecies.Wehadalsothesatisfactionofdiscoveringapeculiarvegetable,which,Jackconcluded,mustcertainlybethatofwhichhehadreadasbeingverycommonamongtheSouthSeaIslanders,andwhichwasnamedtaro.Alsowefoundalargesupplyofyams,andanotherrootlikeapotatoinappearance.Asthesewereallquitenewtous,weregardedourlotasamostfortunateone,inbeingthuscastonanislandwhichwassoprolificandsowellstoredwithallthenecessariesoflife.Longafterwardswefoundoutthatthisislandofourswasnobetterintheserespectsthanthousandsofotherislandsinthoseseas.Indeed,manyofthemweremuchricherandmoreproductive;butthatdidnotrenderusthelessgratefulforourpresentgoodfortune.Weeachputoneoftheserootsinourpocket,intendingtousethemforoursupperofwhichmorehereafter.Wealsosawmanybeautifulbirdshere,andtracesofsomefour-footedanimalagain.Meanwhilethesunbegantodescend;sowereturnedtotheshoreandpushedon,roundthespoutingrocks,intothenextvalley.ThiswasthatvalleyofwhichIhavespokenasrunningacrosstheentireisland.Itwasbyfarthelargestandmostbeautifulthatwehadyetlookedupon.

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