"
Peterkin, who was already dressed, took the oysters, and opened them
with the edge of our axe, exclaiming, "Now, that _is_ capital.
There's nothing I'm so fond of."
"Ah! that's lucky," remarked Jack. "I'll be able to keep you in good
order now, Master Peterkin. You know you can't dive any better than a
cat. So, sir, whenever you behave ill, you shall have no oysters for
breakfast."
"I'm very glad that our prospect of breakfast is so good," said I, "for
I'm very hungry."
"Here, then, stop your mouth with that, Ralph," said Peterkin, holding
a large oyster to my lips. I opened my mouth and swallowed it in
silence, and really it was remarkably good.
We now set ourselves earnestly about our preparations for spending the
day. We had no difficulty with the fire this morning, as our burning-
glass was an admirable one; and while we roasted a few oysters and ate
our cocoa-nuts, we held a long, animated conversation about our plans
for the future. What those plans were, and how we carried them into
effect, the reader shall see hereafter.
Chapter VI
An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable
and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit
tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit-trees--Signs of
former inhabitants.
Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we
possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave
which we discovered near our encampment.
Pages:
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52