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Chapter 4

           However,wefeltsomepleasureinhavingitwithusnowalthoughwedidnotseethatitcouldbeofmuchusetous,astheglassatthesmallendwasbrokentopieces.OursixtharticlewasabrassringwhichJackalwaysworeonhislittlefinger.Ineverunderstoodwhyheworeit;forJackwasnotvainofhisappearance,anddidnotseemtocareforornamentsofanykind.Peterkinsaid,"itwasinmemoryofthegirlheleftbehindhim!"Butasheneverspokeofthisgirltoeitherofus,IaminclinedtothinkthatPeterkinwaseitherjestingormistaken.Inadditiontothesearticles,wehadalittlebitoftinderandtheclothesonourbacks.Theselastwereasfollows:

           Eachofushadonapairofstoutcanvastrousersandapairofsailors’thickshoes.Jackworearedflannelshirt,abluejacket,andaredKilmarnockbonnetornightcap,besidesapairofworstedsocks,andacottonpocket-handkerchiefwithsixteenportraitsofLordNelsonprintedonitandaunion-jackinthemiddle.Peterkinhadonastripedflannelshirtwhichheworeoutsidehistrousersandbeltedroundhiswaist,afterthemannerofatunicandaroundblackstrawhat.Hehadnojacket,havingthrownitoffjustbeforewewerecastintothesea;butthiswasnotofmuchconsequence,astheclimateoftheislandprovedtobeextremelymildsomuchso,indeed,thatJackandIoftenpreferredtogoaboutwithoutourjackets.Peterkinhadalsoapairofwhitecottonsocksandabluehandkerchiefwithwhitespotsalloverit.Myowncostumeconsistedofablueflannelshirt,abluejacket,ablackcap,andapairofworstedsocks,besidestheshoesandcanvastrousersalreadymentioned.

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