human
Had we only a good supply of powder, we might live in luxury on fish, flesh, and fowl, with plenty of vegetables; but without the powder, should we get a continuance of had weather, we may be reduced to the vegetable diet,
gpt
As to the hogs, we may be pretty sure of catching them, observed Pat;
human
Then the sooner you can manage to dig a pitfall and catch a porker the better,
gpt
That will be the very thing I'll set about to-morrow morning, with Tim as my mate,
human
I should like to get half a dozen hogs well salted and smoked, so that there may be no fear of the meat turning bad, said Tom;
gpt
But it won't do to land, sir, unless we know the people who inhabit them, said Pat.
human
Where I was living so long they would have knocked any visitors on the head and eaten them up, to a certainty.
gpt
My belief is that the people on this side of the equator are generally well disposed towards strangers, said Tom.
human
I heard the commander say so only a short time ago, and he had been reading some books on the subject. So altogether Tom was persuaded and imbued his companions with the same idea that the proposed voyage could be performed without any extraordinary risk, and all hands looked forward to the time when they might venture to commence it--not that they were tired of remaining on the island--but even the men had no wish to spend their days there, and the midshipmen were naturally anxious to be employed on active service. Next morning, Tom, having gone as usual to the flag-staff to take a look out, as he was descending, saw several dark objects moving on the sand of the bay below him. Some were far up on the dry sand, others nearer the water.
gpt
Those must be turtle, he said to himself;