<TD></TD></TABLE>
stare,andlookedatinanodd,furtive
nneritoccurredtothatiwasperhapsannoying
theandituedattentiontotheislandwewere
approaching
iththickvegetation,chiefly
akindofpalthatefronepointa
thinnse
height,andthenfrayedoutlikeadoherwewere
nobraceofabroadbayflankedoneither
handbyaloontorythebeachoreau
37of209
sand,andslopedsteeplyuptoaridge,perhapssixtyor
seventyfeetabovethesealevel,andirregularlyseth
treesandundergroasasquare
enegreyishstone,hifound
subsequentlypartlyofralandpartlyof
puceouslavathin
thisenanstoodaingusattheers
edgeifanciede
otherandverygrotesquelookingcreaturesscuttleintothe
bushesupontheslope;butisahingoftheseaswe
dreanoderatesize,andha
blaostlipless,uth,
extraordinarylankar,longthinfeet,andbowlegs,and
stoodhhisheavyfacethrustforaringatushe
eryandhisehaired
panion,injacketandtrousersofbluesergeaswe
castillnearer,thisindividualbegantoruntoandfroon
thebeaovents
atandfroontgory,thefour
ninthelaunchsprangup,andhsingularlyawkward
gesturesstruerysteeredusroundand
intoanarrotledockexcavatedinthebeachthenthe
nonthebeachhastenedtohisdock,asicall
it,ereditoreau
38of209
thetidetotakethelongboatiheardthebowsgroundin
thesand,stavedthedingeyofftherudderofthebigboat
ypiggin,andfreeingthepainter,landedthethree
ffledn,siestvents,scraled
outuponthesand,andforthhsettolandingthecargo,
assistedbythenonthebeachiruckespecially
bytheoventsofthelegsofthethreeshed
andbandagedboatn,notstiffthey
distortedinsooddostasiftheyed
intheillsnarling,and
strainedattheirchainsafterthesen,astheehaired
nlandedthethreebigfellooone
anotherinoddgutturaltones,andthenwhohad
excitedlyaforeignlanguage,asifanciedastheylaid
handsonsobalespilednearthestesowherei
hadheardsuchavoicebefore,andiuldnotthink
anstood,holdinginatult
ofsixdogs,andbaheirdin
ntgory,havingunshippedtherudder,landed
liketounloadingioofaint,
ylongfastandthesunbeatingdoy
barehead,toofferanyassistanoreau
39of209
presentlytheanseedtorellect
presence,andcaupto
youlook,saidhe,asthoughyouhadscarcely
breakfastedhislittleeyesblackunderhis
heavybroustapologiseforthatnowyouareour
guest,ustkeyoufortable,thoughyouare
uninvited,youknoyface
ntgorysaysyouareaneducatedn,
prendiayiask
thatsignifies
itoldhihadspentsoyearsattheroyalllege
ofseresearchesinbiology
underhuxleyheraisedhiseyebrolyatthat
thataltersthecasealittle,prendick,hesaid,
orerespectinhisnnerasithappens,
sherethisisabiologicalstationofa
sorthiseyerestedontheninewhowerebusily
haulingthepu,onrollers,tohewalledyardi
andntgory,atleast,headdedthen,whenyou
ogetasayhetrackto
anyonthorso
heleftabruptly,andupthebeachpastthis
group,andithinkenteredtheenclosuretheothertwo
nery,ereallertheislandofdooreau
40of209
packagesonaloaillon
thelaunchhtherabbithutches;thestaghoundswere
stilllashedtothethpleted,all
threenlaidholdofthetruckandbeganshovingthe
tonapresently
ntgorylefttheandingbacktoheldout
hishand
ilad,saidhe,forothatcaptainwas
asillyasshedhavedethingslivelyforyou
lteagain”
thatdependsyoullfindthisislandaninfeallyrubr >
place,iproseyouidygoingscarefully,ifi
edtoalterhis
ndaboute
htheserabbits,hesaid
hisprocedurehtherabbitswassingulariwadedin
,andhelpedhiugoneofthehutchesashore
nosoonerhatdohanheopenedthedoorofit,
andtiltingthethingononeendtueditslivingntents
outonthegroundtheyfellinastrugglingheaponeon
thetopoftheotherheclappedhishands,andforthh
theyoffhthathoppingrunoftheirs,fifteenor
tishouldthink,upthebeaoreau
41of209
inery
replenishtheislandhithertoainlackof
athere
asidisappearing,thean
retuedebiscuits
sothingtogoonh,prendick,saidhe,inafar
refaliartohanbeforeidenoado,butsetto
an
helpedntgorytoreleaseaboutasrereofthe
rabbitsthreebighutches,houptothehouse
athebrandyididnottouch,forihave
beenanabstainerfroybirththeislandofdooreau
42of209
viithelockeddoor
thereaderandthatatfirst
everythinge,andpositionwas
theouteofsuchunexpectedadventures,thatihadno
discentoftherelativestrangenessofthisorthat
thingifolloaupthebeach,andwas
overtakenbyntgory,enottoenter
thestoneenclosurei
... </P></TD>
stare,andlookedatinanodd,furtive
nneritoccurredtothatiwasperhapsannoying
theandituedattentiontotheislandwewere
approaching
iththickvegetation,chiefly
akindofpalthatefronepointa
thinnse
height,andthenfrayedoutlikeadoherwewere
nobraceofabroadbayflankedoneither
handbyaloontorythebeachoreau
37of209
sand,andslopedsteeplyuptoaridge,perhapssixtyor
seventyfeetabovethesealevel,andirregularlyseth
treesandundergroasasquare
enegreyishstone,hifound
subsequentlypartlyofralandpartlyof
puceouslavathin
thisenanstoodaingusattheers
edgeifanciede
otherandverygrotesquelookingcreaturesscuttleintothe
bushesupontheslope;butisahingoftheseaswe
dreanoderatesize,andha
blaostlipless,uth,
extraordinarylankar,longthinfeet,andbowlegs,and
stoodhhisheavyfacethrustforaringatushe
eryandhisehaired
panion,injacketandtrousersofbluesergeaswe
castillnearer,thisindividualbegantoruntoandfroon
thebeaovents
atandfroontgory,thefour
ninthelaunchsprangup,andhsingularlyawkward
gesturesstruerysteeredusroundand
intoanarrotledockexcavatedinthebeachthenthe
nonthebeachhastenedtohisdock,asicall
it,ereditoreau
38of209
thetidetotakethelongboatiheardthebowsgroundin
thesand,stavedthedingeyofftherudderofthebigboat
ypiggin,andfreeingthepainter,landedthethree
ffledn,siestvents,scraled
outuponthesand,andforthhsettolandingthecargo,
assistedbythenonthebeachiruckespecially
bytheoventsofthelegsofthethreeshed
andbandagedboatn,notstiffthey
distortedinsooddostasiftheyed
intheillsnarling,and
strainedattheirchainsafterthesen,astheehaired
nlandedthethreebigfellooone
anotherinoddgutturaltones,andthenwhohad
excitedlyaforeignlanguage,asifanciedastheylaid
handsonsobalespilednearthestesowherei
hadheardsuchavoicebefore,andiuldnotthink
anstood,holdinginatult
ofsixdogs,andbaheirdin
ntgory,havingunshippedtherudder,landed
liketounloadingioofaint,
ylongfastandthesunbeatingdoy
barehead,toofferanyassistanoreau
39of209
presentlytheanseedtorellect
presence,andcaupto
youlook,saidhe,asthoughyouhadscarcely
breakfastedhislittleeyesblackunderhis
heavybroustapologiseforthatnowyouareour
guest,ustkeyoufortable,thoughyouare
uninvited,youknoyface
ntgorysaysyouareaneducatedn,
prendiayiask
thatsignifies
itoldhihadspentsoyearsattheroyalllege
ofseresearchesinbiology
underhuxleyheraisedhiseyebrolyatthat
thataltersthecasealittle,prendick,hesaid,
orerespectinhisnnerasithappens,
sherethisisabiologicalstationofa
sorthiseyerestedontheninewhowerebusily
haulingthepu,onrollers,tohewalledyardi
andntgory,atleast,headdedthen,whenyou
ogetasayhetrackto
anyonthorso
heleftabruptly,andupthebeachpastthis
group,andithinkenteredtheenclosuretheothertwo
nery,ereallertheislandofdooreau
40of209
packagesonaloaillon
thelaunchhtherabbithutches;thestaghoundswere
stilllashedtothethpleted,all
threenlaidholdofthetruckandbeganshovingthe
tonapresently
ntgorylefttheandingbacktoheldout
hishand
ilad,saidhe,forothatcaptainwas
asillyasshedhavedethingslivelyforyou
lteagain”
thatdependsyoullfindthisislandaninfeallyrubr >
place,iproseyouidygoingscarefully,ifi
edtoalterhis
ndaboute
htheserabbits,hesaid
hisprocedurehtherabbitswassingulariwadedin
,andhelpedhiugoneofthehutchesashore
nosoonerhatdohanheopenedthedoorofit,
andtiltingthethingononeendtueditslivingntents
outonthegroundtheyfellinastrugglingheaponeon
thetopoftheotherheclappedhishands,andforthh
theyoffhthathoppingrunoftheirs,fifteenor
tishouldthink,upthebeaoreau
41of209
inery
replenishtheislandhithertoainlackof
athere
asidisappearing,thean
retuedebiscuits
sothingtogoonh,prendick,saidhe,inafar
refaliartohanbeforeidenoado,butsetto
an
helpedntgorytoreleaseaboutasrereofthe
rabbitsthreebighutches,houptothehouse
athebrandyididnottouch,forihave
beenanabstainerfroybirththeislandofdooreau
42of209
viithelockeddoor
thereaderandthatatfirst
everythinge,andpositionwas
theouteofsuchunexpectedadventures,thatihadno
discentoftherelativestrangenessofthisorthat
thingifolloaupthebeach,andwas
overtakenbyntgory,enottoenter
thestoneenclosurei
... </P></TD>