Chapter 9

           ScarcelyhadthesunshotitsfirstrayacrossthebosomofthebroadPacificwhenJacksprangtohisfeet,andhallooinginPeterkin’seartoawakenhim,randownthebeachtotakehiscustomarydipinthesea.Wedidnot,aswasourwont,bathethatmorninginourWaterGarden,butinordertosavetime,refreshedourselvesintheshallowwaterjustoppositethebower.Ourbreakfastwasalsodespatchedwithoutlossoftime,andinlessthananhourafterwardsallourpreparationsforthejourneywerecompleted.

           Inadditiontohisordinarydress,Jacktiedabeltofcocoa-nutclothroundhiswaist,intowhichhethrusttheaxe.Iwasalsoadvisedtoputonabeltandcarryashortcudgelorbludgeoninit,for,asJacktrulyremarked,theslingwouldbeoflittleuseifweshouldchancetocometoclosequarterswithanywildanimal.AsforPeterkin,notwithstandingthathecarriedsuchalongand,Imustadd,frightful-lookingspearoverhisshoulder,wecouldnotprevailonhimtoleavehisclubbehind;"for,"saidhe,"aspearatclosequartersisnotworthabutton."Imustsaythatitseemedtomethattheclubwas,tousehisownstyleoflanguage,notworthabutton-hole;foritwasallknottedoveratthehead,somethingliketheclubwhichIremembertohaveobservedinpicture-booksofJacktheGiant-killer,besidesbeingsoheavythatherequiredtograspitwithbothhandsinordertowielditatall.However,hetookitwithhim,andinthismannerwesetoutuponourtravels.

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