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  2. islands are made—The boat's sail—We tax our ingenuity to form fish-hooks — Some of the fish we saw—And a monstrous whale—Wonderful shower of little fish—Water-spouts,
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    		147
  3. CHAPTER XVII.
  4. A monster wave and its consequences—The boat lost and found—Peterkin's terrible accident—Supplies of food for a voyage in the boat—We visit Penguin Island, and are amazed beyond measure—Account of the penguins,
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    		156
  5. CHAPTER XVIII.
  6. An awful storm and its consequences—Narrow escape—A rock proves a sure foundation—A fearful night and a bright morning—Deliverance from danger
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    		170
  7. CHAPTER XIX.
  8. Shoemaking—The even tenor of our way suddenly interrupted—An unexpected visit and an appalling battle—We all become warriors, and Jack proves himself to be a hero,
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    		177
  9. CHAPTER XX.
  10. Intercourse with the savages—Cannibalism prevented—The slain are buried and the survivors depart, leaving us again alone on our Coral Island
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    		189
  11. CHAPTER XXI.
  12. Sagacious and moral remarks in regard to life—A sail!—An unexpected salute—The end of the black cat—A terrible dive—an incautious proceeding and a frightful catastrophe,
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    		196
  13. CHAPTER XXII.
  14. I fall into the hands of pirates—How they treated me, and what I said to them—The result of the whole ending in a melancholy separation and in a most unexpected gift,
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    		205
  15. CHAPTER XXIII.
  16. Bloody Bill—Dark surmises—A strange sail, and a strange crew, and a still stranger cargo—New reasons for favoring missionaries—A murderous massacre, and thoughts thereon
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    		216
  17. CHAPTER XXIV.
  18. Bloody Bill is communicative and sagacious—Unpleasant prospects—Retrospective meditations interrupted by volcanic agency—The pirates negotiate with a Eeejee chief—Various etceteras that are calculated to surprise and horrify,
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  19. CHAPTER XXV.
  20. The sandal-wood party—Native children's games, somewhat
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