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56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Make some tea while you have a chance, Woodleigh, suggested Mr. Armitage."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This lull is only temporary, I fancy."
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We may get in before it comes on hard, soliloquized the Scoutmaster."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's no joke being caught out; but we'll have to make the best of it."
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And none of your Brightlingsea stunts, Alan, he added, referring to an occasion when Hepburn took the _Olivette_ into port on his own initiative."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That time you managed splendidly, but another attempt mightn't end quite so well. If the breeze doesn't pipe up soon, turn me out directly you sight land. You ought to see the high ground behind Ventnor on your port bow."
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All hands on deck, he shouted to his companions in the forepeak."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "One of you run aft and warn Mr. Armitage."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're in for it,"
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Right-o, agreed Mr. Armitage."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Carry on and get it done as sharp as you can. How long will it take, do you think?"
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sorry, sir, but she lurched, said Eric apologetically."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll find the jet in half a tick."
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll have to rig up another, Peter, shouted Mr. Armitage."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A stout spar, a hammock, and a piece of ballast will do the trick. Be sharp. She won't stand many of these breakers."
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Try ile, sir, suggested the ex-sailor."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ile's an excellent thing for quietin' the waves. I'll see to that, sir, if you wish----"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Carry on, please, replied Mr. Armitage."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We're rigging up a temporary sea-anchor."
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Belay, there, lads!"
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How long will that last?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Best part of an hour, sir, replied the old man."
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll take on for a spell,"
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're quite all right, sir,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm stiff with doing nothing, rejoined Mr. Armitage."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A tussle with the wheel will do me good."
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Up steaming-lights! ordered the Scoutmaster as the sun sank, a pale yellow orb in an indigo-coloured sky."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Cooks to the galley! We're in sheltered water now."
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll take on now, sir, he reported."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You must be hungry.... Why, we're past Cowes--we're nearly home!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, replied Mr. Armitage."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There's Hurst Light right ahead. Take her, Peter. I'll follow your excellent advice and get something to eat. There won't be enough water for us over the bar, so we'll have to put into Lymington for the night. Besides, we have to obtain our clearance from the Customs."
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We've had a jolly time, declared Hepburn, surveying the scene,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here, you blighter! exclaimed the Patrol Leader."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What are you up to?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not the ensign-staff this time,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why not?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "replied Stratton,"
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Anything to declare? he inquired."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tobacco, tea, spirits, eau de Cologne, lace, and what not?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have spirits, announced the irrepressible Hepburn."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "High spirits--so I'm told."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They are not liable to duty, rejoined the Exciseman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, I may as well have a look round."
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Like a game of hunt the slipper,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Aye, replied the man,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't know about Alan's high spirits, remarked Peter."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mine are rather low. It's my last run in the old _Olivette_, I'm afraid."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You never know your luck, said Roche."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And you're going abroad again, you lucky blighter. I hope I'll make as good a Patrol Leader as you, old man."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Without a doubt of it, you will, declared Peter earnestly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Starboard.... at that.... Stand by for'ard and pick up the buoy.... I say, there's Bruin."
}
]
|
56325 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Just to remind us, observed Peter, wiping the moisture from his face--"
}
]
|
432448 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "THE PRISONER OF ZENDA,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "RUPERT OF HENTZAU,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Grand Homecoming."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Palace."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "PALACE"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Palace."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "State affair."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am awfully anxious to know where the charted islands can be that John spoke about,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They must be in this section of the southern seas, or his party wouldn't have sailed in this direction,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you think he would be offended if we spoke to him about it!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; answered Harry, after some reflection."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He has spoken to me about it several times. But why do you ask!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "For the reason that I think it would be a grand thing to hunt them up."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That would be a big thing to undertake. But what about going home?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hadn't forgotten that. I meant that when we came back it would be proper for us to undertake."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, haven't you had enough trouble during the past two years?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I wouldn't mind going through the same experiences, when I remember what we have learned and what all of us have accomplished,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, if there is anything I am interested in, it is to know why the wonderful buildings we found at the Illyas' village were put up at that place, and what caused all trace of them to be lost,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you remember what John said, after we came out of the cave below the village?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; what was it!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He said the copper in the cave might explain it."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But I do not see, observed George,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nor do I, responded Harry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Suppose we see John at the first opportunity. There are other things besides the copper I would like to know. John has asked every one that he has come into contact with about the different wrecks that have come ashore within the past two years, and no one seems to have any idea that more than two of the _Investigator's_ boats came ashore."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, if they did it isn't at all likely that they could come to the southern shore, when the wrecked vessel was to the north of the island."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is just for that reason, responded George,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am with you, said Harry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shall we talk to John about it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By all means. But stop! Why not have a talk with the Professor first?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good idea. We owe everything to him."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "George and I have been talking about making a voyage of discovery."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I thought you boys were homesick?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, yes, answered George."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But only for a little while."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Only homesick for a little while?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I mean we are homesick,--that is, we can be cured of it in a little while."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I suppose you want to be cured before you go on the voyage of discovery? Is that it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But what do you expect to discover!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Just what you suggested on one occasion,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We want to know where the treasures are on the islands,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then, there is another thing, ventured Harry."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't think all the boats of our ship were lost, and it is likely that they found refuge on some other island."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But how do you know there are other islands near here?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, I don't know, only from what John has said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When did I say so?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "When you told about the charts of the treasure caves."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But we have found them, haven't we?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; but not all of them."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is true; and your argument is correct. Unquestionably, there are other islands, probably not in the immediate vicinity, but near enough that they could have caught some of the boats. I quite agree with you that we ought to make the attempt. The Professor and I have just been talking of taking up the matter in order to relieve any who might have been so unfortunate as to be east away."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am surprised, said the Professor,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But you know, Professor, that some of the most interesting times we had were during the investigations we made at the big cave at the Cataract on Wonder Island!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Quite true; but think of the immense riches you now have. In the vault beneath the floor of the main shop you have the combined treasure of the two caves,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; and that shall be taken back by you to your homes in the States, and you will want to enjoy it,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That would be nice, said Harry reflectively."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But if we are there the only thing we can do is to spend it, and there is no particular fun in doing that."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What? No fun in spending the money?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, we haven't spent a cent since we have been here, and we have enjoyed every hour of the time, except--except--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know, said the dear old Professor;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know what you mean. Home still has a warm place in your heart. That is right. You must see your home, and then,--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then we want to come back,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It makes me happy to see that the lessons of the past while we have been together has impressed on your minds one thing; that it is not riches which give happiness."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know that, said Harry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When I go out and see these poor people here, and I meet smiles on every face, and a welcome everywhere, the thought that we have tried to make them feel and know that wars were wrong, and that true happiness consists in trying to make others happy, it gives me more pleasure than all the gold which we took from the caves of the Buccaneers."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, and there is another thing, that I have been thinking about, said George."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I really don't think the people here are so bad, and never have thought so."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, they have been doing some pretty bad things, remarked John."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I would like to know what makes you think as you do."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I mean, that if it wasn't for certain classes, like the Krishnos, say, the people would not be trying to sacrifice each other. Those fellows are the ones who lie to the people, just as the fellows at the last cave told the people and the Chiefs that if they went into the cave the Great Spirit would destroy them."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Did it ever occur to you how like that is to the white man's way of doing things?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I never thought of that!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do the white people act that way, too? inquired George."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I never knew that we had people who tried to deceive others so they could give them up as a sacrifice?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you think the Krishnos deceive the people for?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So as to give them the power,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Quite true. But what is the object of that power?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So they can rule?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; but what gives them the power to rule?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I see now! They get paid for it! And that is why the Krishnos have all the best things, and are better cared for than even the chiefs are?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have given the right answer. The Krishnos don't want to sacrifice human life because they love to do it, but because in the doing of it they inspire fear, and through fear they can get what they want."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But, Professor, you haven't yet told us how that is like the white people do it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In exactly the same way. The Krishnos own the big gun factories, and they tell the chiefs that the people across the river, or on the other side of the mountain are going to rise up against them, and they must arm the people and attack them. You see the white man's Krishnos have a great cave, called a gun factory, and while he does not want to offer up any sacrifices for the love of it, he does so because it is his business to make guns, and ammunition, and shells which explode with terrific force, and destroy hundreds at every shot."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, after all, we are not much better than the savages here, are we?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have advanced a little beyond them, interpolated John."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We have tried to systematize the killing. The savage goes at it without regard. But the white man has set rules to conduct the slaughter. Of course, the rules do not say that they shall not kill but it does point out the impolite ways of killing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can see the force of it, and it is my opinion that the savage way is, after all, the most reasonable."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If it is not the most reasonable, answered the Professor,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, answered Harry."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Everything is now so far ahead that in two weeks more we can be ready to sail."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is well. I hear there is considerable rivalry among the men to go with you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But aren't you going with us?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; my place is here. I have no desire to go back. I have induced John, much against his will, I know, to go with you, but I cannot leave my people here. I will welcome you only the more gladly when you return."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But we wanted you to go back with us so we could take you to our homes and let our people see you. They would be so happy to see you and to hear you talk."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thank you so much for the kind invitation. Sometime in the future, when everything is properly settled here, and I can see my way clear, I will consider it an honor to visit your homes, and enjoy the friendship of your dear ones; but not now."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The letter is from Blakely, he said as he passed the papers to John."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And what do you think it is about?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Read it aloud,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "BLAKELY."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is satisfactory. Blakely is the right man for his job,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, let us see what the scrap has to say,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think there are cross lines on it, although I am not quite sure,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What difference would that make whether it had or it hadn't cross lines?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Simply this: I wanted to satisfy myself whether or not it was taken from a ship's pad, which is generally ruled both ways."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is the object of having paper ruled both ways?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is a convenient way of making calculations where measurements are necessary, as is the case in figuring out and placing the different celestial marks which guide the sailors. I think this is a marine pad. Now, let us see what it contains, before we go further."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "See the name signed at the bottom, cried out George."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "W-a-l-t. That must be a 't'. But the rest is blurred."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder if that isn't Walter?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who is Walter?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Walter? Why he is the man who signed the note we found on the _Investigator's_ life boat No. 3 and from whom we have never heard."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I remember now, said John, reflectively."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He mentioned Wright who was one of my companions. But I did not know Walter,--but what is this? All craned forward now."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here is a line; it looks like a large V, pointing to the south;--that is if the upper part of the paper is the north."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is some sort of tracing on it,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your eyesight is good, George, see if you can see any figures on the sheet that will explain the V, and the reason for the name below."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is the slightest sign of a figure, or a word just below the point of the V. It looks like '30'. This seems to be an arrow, which points to the right diagonally."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now you boys have something to occupy your minds. Yon have been interested in the Walter note for a year; now is the time to do some investigating."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have an idea, said Harry, jumping up."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where can we find the original Walter's note? We can compare the signature, and that will tell whether it is Walter or not."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I presume you have already guessed what the note contains?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Unquestionably it has reference to the location of the main ledge of copper or other ore which is measured from some point in that vicinity, and which may be determined later on by noting the place where the missive was found, or from some natural landmark."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is my view, but I felt it would be better for the boys to dig it out for themselves,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "in the first line, and"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "in the second line, together with the letters"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Walt"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The writing is right across the V-shaped marks, and the arrow is plain enough. It may be though, that the arrow has nothing to do with the V-shaped mark."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder how close the mountain is to the sea?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't see what difference that would make, replied George."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That _30_ must mean some measurement. It is either feet, or miles, or yards, or,--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why can't you see that 'gues' is a part of the word 'leagues.'"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, that was stupid of us, sure enough."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "With that key before us, we can make some headway. I believe the V-shape is the lower end of the mountain, probably a headland, and the arrow points to a place 30 leagues to the,--see here, in the last line is a W. and there is a blur before it and after it. That may be SWE, EWS, SWW, SWS, and,--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't go so fast, shrieked Harry."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you suppose the capital I stands for at the beginning of the third line?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I--I--, why,--_Island_, of course, said George, with an air of superiority."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But it cannot be west."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, the arrow points southeast."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How do you know?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, that word at the extreme top must be 'north,' and if so then the arrow is pointing south, and the 'W' belongs to something in that direction."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There, in the second line is a word that looks like 'land.' Can it be a part of the word 'Island'?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It doesn't seem so, as there is too much space before the letters. It seems to me though, that it reads 'land 30 leagues' but what does 'se' mean?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let us wait until daylight. The sun may help us out."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am sure now that it was Walter. Here it is."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Compare the two and you will see they look alike,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What shall we tell the Professor!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well but I am not yet through with the paper. Suppose we moisten it, and that may bring out something we didn't see before."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Too bad we have spoiled it, remarked Harry,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take, and the word"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Head could be made out before and as a part of"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have it, cried Harry, as he jumped up."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now let them know about it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have it,--we have made it out,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Does it tell you where the Copper mine is located?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Copper mine! exclaimed George."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What has a copper mine to do with it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "John and I concluded, from certain markings on the paper, that it contained a diagram of the mine!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, you were mistaken, said Harry with a chuckle."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is something about an island, thirty leagues to the southeast, somewhere."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is that so? exclaimed the Professor in surprise."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Get John. He will be surprised."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is certainly good news, he said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That was fine work on your part."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You see the arrow, and the part of the word 'leagues.' That couldn't mean feet or yards, or miles."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Quite evident, said John, as he mused for a while."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This confirms, in a measure, the information that we have as to the proximity of these islands, but the charts show them farther away."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Undoubtedly, if Walter knew what he was talking about, we have an interesting problem to decipher, and the determination to make the voyage is a wise and timely one,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now for the ship, said Harry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Every day is a hundred, in my mind."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do not change your plans, if you have any good conclusions when you start out. Don't oscillate from one thing to another. Always make up your minds and then take a wise, persistent course. It is that which always serves you best."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; we will go home first, and _then_ for the islands,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder whether Angel remembers the first trip he took with us on boat No. 1?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I believe he knows what you said,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Everybody is leaving you, said Harry,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! there is Blakely on the dock,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But I don't see the _Pioneer_ here!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where is our boat?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At Wonder Island,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At Wonder Island?"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "And where shall we go now?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Over to our ship,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is that our vessel!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, and I have been to Wonder Island on her since you left. We just arrived two days ago. We are ready to steam out within two hours."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then don't let us waste a moment's time,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I thought you might want to take a look over the town,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have no wish to do so, as long as we have the islands in view, remarked George."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And how is the Professor,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He is well and happy. But I have no doubt he longs for you, as he frequently goes over to your rooms, and wanders around the shop, a thing which he never did while you were there."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What speed do you think she will make?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fifteen miles at least,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am guaranteed eighteen miles an hour at the least."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Isn't that fine, said George."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What does she burn?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Either wood, coal or petroleum."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now would be the time to look up the oil deposits on the island,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This looks and acts just like a real American town,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "See the Professor,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Isn't this a glorious home-coming? said George."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It was worth the trip here to witness it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It does seem strange to call it a 'home-coming,' but that is just what it is, answered Harry."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How happy the people are. They seem to appreciate everything that has been done for them, and it is such a pleasure to do things for those who appreciate it."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I suppose we must use the _Pioneer_ for our trip, as the _Wonder_ will have to make the regular trips?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "John and I think that would be the wisest plan. The native sailors are now well adapted to handle her, and do you know that Sutoto sailed her around the island?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And who are the others that went with him?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why Lolo was one of them, and Stut and Chump. Oh, they had a jolly time; so they said, and I can believe it, because they are simply crazy to make another trip."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Professor said that when you returned you would have some work for me with the _Pioneer_."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, and you shall command her,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I knew you would come back, but so many here said you would not."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now that being settled, Sutoto, we are going to leave the work of provisioning the _Pioneer_ to you. We must take a supply of guns and ammunition, as well, and probably it would be wise to have a small troop of the best soldiers,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What will Muro say to that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, take him along, by all means, said George,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "We can safely go in close this evening, because the tide is now out,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have often thought that there is nothing more wonderful than the fire fly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But what do you think makes it so wonderful?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I suppose the wonderful part is that it has strength enough to make a light,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, the remarkable thing is that the light which it emits is absolutely cool. Experiments which have been made go to show that there is no heat. In every form of light which man has been able to produce thus far artificially, a great heat is evolved, and it would be a most valuable discovery to find out why these insects are able to do it without raising the temperature."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But what difference does it make if heat is produced?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The production of heat means the loss of power. The heat generated takes up more of the power than the light which is produced, so that it would be a great economy if the heat could be dispensed with."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But if there was no heat in the light produced would it make any difference in the lamps themselves?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Unquestionably. The lamps would last much longer."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What are the things which must be learned in order to get the secret of cold light?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, there are number of questions which must be determined. While it is known that the fire fly and the glow worm emit what is called a phosphorescent light, this fact is a mere prelude to the knowledge of what is the exact color of daylight."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Color of Daylight? Why, I supposed it was white."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But the light of the glow worm and fire fly are not white."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You asked what were some of the things to be solved? Well, to find out the secret of the phosphorescent glow. That is one thing. What is the best artificial light, is the next. Then, what substance will have the most intense glow when a current passes through it, and give out the least heat."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, has no one attempted to explain any of these things?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; many explanations have been offered, but all of them leave the subject dark somewhere."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But the time will come when man will find out this, as everything in his way. When you think of it, that electricians, chemists, metallurgists, physiologists, engineers, physicists and microscopists, are all working on the problem, we should be able to extract the secret sooner or later."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am going to have some of those fellows,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you say to scaling that point?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just what I have been thinking about,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Certainly you shall go,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Before going we must visit the place where the Walter note was found,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Most assuredly, answered George,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I had almost forgotten that."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "See that bluish green outcropping,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wonderful! he exclaimed."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Better than anything I have ever found in Mexico. These hills remind me of the formation all along western Chihuahua, and through northeastern Sonora."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But wait, Sutoto, until we get to the top,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here is the spot, cried out Blakely."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is the pot in which the message was found. And here is something that I dug up afterwards."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tell me the exact position in which this was found,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The first thing I found was the pot, which was simply turned upside down, in exactly this way. This is the place. It rested on this flat stone. The skull was behind it on this upper shelf."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And was there nothing else on the shelf?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nothing whatever."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you see that mark? he said, pointing to a heavy scratch, which was now plain."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That mark is associated with the skull, if not with the message. I am unable at this time fully to decipher the marks on the skull, but I have an idea of the meaning."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder if the scratch across that is in the same direction as the arrow in the letter?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Unquestionably: let me see your glasses,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wish it were night, it might help to solve the riddle."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And why?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Those letters have reference to the star which follows."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It seems to me to be a singular thing that anyone should leave this here in the hope or expectation that it could be a guide for any one,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is certainly one explanation of that, answered John."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is evident that the articles were placed there as a form of note to others, and it is a sort of cryptic sign, intelligible only to those who have the key. The fact that these signs are here denote several things, one of which is that something important, such, for instance, as treasures, or the location of hidden wealth, or the directions necessary to find mining lodes, or even to point out the direction and distances of other islands in the distance."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, said Harry,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Quite true; but I am not at all satisfied that the Walter note has anything to do with the skull. In fact there is every evidence to me that they are entirely disconnected with each other."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should have said that the skull was not exposed as you now see it on the shelf. After I went up the side of the hill, I returned and landed on the ledge, and then I noticed the skull through the apertures formed by the stones now lying at the side."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is evidence to my mind, that Walter knew nothing of the existence of the skull at the time he left the message, and yet, singular as it may seem, both the skull and Walter's message point to the same thing."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If it were not for the mountain range to the north we could see clear to Cataract,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The dear old place!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let me have the glasses, shouted Harry, as he adjusted them and turned to the west."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Unity,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wonderful! wonderful!"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Glory! we are near the Illyas' village,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am glad to welcome you,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You wonder at the difference? Yes; it is a difference. We owe it to that wonderful Chief, and to you, and to John."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; John will be here soon,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have seen him. He will be here. We are preparing a great feast for him,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This will give us an opportunity to try the new cure for the malady,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What is that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Simply atrophine."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How is it administered?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By injecting it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What is atrophine?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is a crystalline, bitter and poisonous alkaloid, taken from the deadly nightshade, and the same principle is also found in the thorn apple."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Isn't it the same as belladonna?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; but belladonna is also an extract of nightshade."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have you any of it here?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; I brought some, together with the other drugs that the Professor ordered, and I am anxious to try it. The remedy was discovered by Prof. Fischer, of Munich, and also simultaneously by Dr. Reginald Pollard, of South Kensington, England."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And where is your island?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How far have we gone?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have been driven somewhat out of our course, it is true; but we are more than a hundred miles from Wonder Island, and have sailed past the place where the other island ought to be, according to Walter's letter."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where are we going now?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I told Sutoto we would better tack to the southwest. We can use up a day at that course, and then double back, probably thirty or forty miles to the south, and in that way we can cover a wide area."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We can see some lights in the east."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have reached your island, probably."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How long have you seen the light?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A half hour, or more,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Land ahead,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you know our position? asked Harry, as John approached."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; I have just figured it out. We are fifty leagues (one hundred and fifty miles) southeast of Wonder Island."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Steer for the little cove beyond the great rock,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have no knowledge of the character of the land, or of the people who may live there. Two boats will be manned, and ten will take their places in each. Uraso will have charge of one, and Muro of the other. When we reach the shore Muro will remain with the men under his command, while Uraso will follow me. It will be understood that so long as no shots are heard by Muro and his party that our expedition is safe, but should any firing be heard, then the ship must be signaled and those in the vessel here must come to shore, and Muro with his soldiers will at once come to our relief. I hope we shall have no occasion for calling on you, but we must be prepared for any emergency."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I doubt whether there are any people living here, remarked Harry."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There is not a sign of living beings."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are quite mistaken there,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have you seen any signs?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; did you notice how the animals fled at our approach?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is one of the surest signs. Do you now remember how differently the animals acted in the region around Cataract from those in the southwest portion of Wonder Island?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I now remember that is so. Don't you remember, George, when we came across the first herd of yaks, that they hardly noticed us? I am sure that the animals out at West River didn't wait to interview us."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, I remember the big bear was very anxious to make our acquaintance,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your glasses would be serviceable here, said John. George handed them to John, and he gazed through them long and earnestly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am unable to find any traces of human beings, and I cannot account for the light which we saw during the night, and which must have been nearly ahead of us."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This seems to look bad for our purposes,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you mean?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't think there are any caves in this section, he answered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But we might as well investigate farther to the right, and see what the land looks like."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aren't those coffee trees?"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I believe we have struck a coffee plantation,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, these trees have grown wild, and no one has ever gathered the berries."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But what an opportunity there would be here for gathering coffee! Too bad Blakely isn't here,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We never saw anything like it on Wonder Island, suggested Harry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, why is it that cocoa will grow in wonderful profusion on one island, and none on the next, and the other island will have bananas and the other not?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The explanation of that has been the means of bringing out a wonderful study, that is explained by the nature of the soil itself. In every country certain sections will spontaneously produce product alike, in almost every essential quality. Thus, flax, for instance, is found, identical in its character, in Kamscatska, and in Minnesota; in the Siberian wilds and in Central America; on the heights of the Himalayas, and in the lowest plains of South America."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But how do you explain the similarity? They must have come from seed, and how did the seeds get from place to place, when there were no ships to carry them?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There can be only one explanation. The soil itself, if identical in its character, will, eventually, produce the same vegetables and vegetation. Thus, it has been found that the localities where this wild flax was found, had soil which was the same in its nature, and calculated to produce the same in kind."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "The only course is to sail south, and circumnavigate the island. In doing so we shall effect a landing every ten miles or so, and then go into the interior. This will thus enable us to learn all about the land. At the same time we must survey the island, so as to learn its extent, as well as its general shape and outline."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But how can we survey it without the instruments?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is readily done, by observing the headlands, or some special coast line marks, and then taking the angles from those points."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, that will be interesting, at least. How shall we start?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you see that point to the south which may be five or ten miles away?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, examine the compass, and turn it so that the cardinal points are directly north and south. Now sight across the face of the compass so that you get the exact line between this point and yonder object. What do you make it to be?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why I make it out to be S. E."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is correct. The line 1 is south by east."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But how can we find out how long line 1 is?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why by triangulation,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know that, but how can we do it on sea?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It can be done on sea, as well as on land, but we had better go and make the first measurement by triangulation correctly, and do this in our subsequent measurements, unless it should be necessary to make the measurements at sea. The plan followed on shipboard will be found similar to the plan followed on land."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If these angles are placed on a paper the distance from A to C can be determined on the principles of proportion,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How is that done?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We will assume that the lines 1, 2, are at right angles to each other. This is not necessary, but it happens to be so in this case. Let us first measure the distance along the line 2, which may be any number of inches, or feet. Suppose we call the line one inch long. Then draw the line 1, so that it will be sufficiently long to be sure and meet the line 3."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; I now see how it is done, remarked George, with enthusiasm."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If the line 3 is drawn at the angle we got, when we looked at C, from B, the line will cross line 1 at C."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is correct. Now, if it is one inch from A to B, we may use that inch as a measurement to get the distance along the line."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let me step it off, said Harry."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I find it is just two and three-quarters inches."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What was the distance, in feet from A to B?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have the figures here, said George."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We found it was six hundred and ninety feet."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If, now, you will multiply 690 by 2-3/4, we shall have the distance from this point A, and yonder point, or headland C."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I make it out to be just 1897.5,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The long point which you see in the distance is, probably, 15 miles beyond. It is not more than that, but this clear atmosphere is liable to deceive. I have instructed Sutoto to wait until one o'clock today, and if by that time there is no word from us Uraso will return to the ship, and you will take up anchor and steer for the headland beyond."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So that you may understand our movements, we will strike into the interior, taking a course due east, for ten miles, or thereabout, and then turn to the south, and reach the sea near the place where the vessel will be located."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I understand, now, how the distance can be measured by triangulation on land; but how to get the distances, on shipboard, is what puzzles me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I knew you would come to that sooner or later, so I prepared a little sketch (Fig. 7), which shows the bow of a vessel, and the tall mast. The lines from A to B give an angle with the vertical line of the mast, which will enable you to determine how far the ship is from any point."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But I am still in the dark as to how, even if we have that distance, we can thereby tell by triangulation, on the vessel, how far one point is from another on the land."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "After the distance from the vessel to the point is determined, as I have shown, then the length of the ship itself is used as the two points to sight from, and the two lines thus projected, from the opposite ends of the vessel, together with the line lengthwise along the ship, form a triangle, the same as the triangle lines 1, 2, 3, in the sketch (Fig. 5)."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It would surprise me very much to find that the island is not inhabited,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is part of a stone hatchet."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That must be George, exclaimed John."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Forward as quickly as possible."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That shot means that George is in some danger,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But why does he not answer the whistle? Why should he shoot, and then not call to us, if there is any danger,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These are the footprints of George's shoes,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, and here are the prints of the native feet,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They are, undoubtedly, near at hand. We must now be on our guard,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I wonder why they didn't attack us?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The reason, no doubt, is that it is a small party. A larger body would not have attempted to capture one of us by stealth."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is evident, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't worry about George too much, said John consolingly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am inclined to think he has had enough experience within the past two years to help him out of immediate trouble, and we will then be able to take a hand."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But suppose they kill him?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is not at all likely they will do that, remarked Muro."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Those who captured him form only a small party, and it is not at all likely that there was a chief with them. Under the circumstances they would not dare kill him until the Chief ordered it."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have you found anything?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, answered Muro."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We know the direction they have gone. In the morning we can go on from the place where we discovered the trail."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How far is it from here?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "More than ten miles."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tell me all about it,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I was told by my father that somewhere here in the seas was an island where were found most terrible people, who killed every one they captured. I hope this is not the place."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope there will be no trouble,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We need not worry about George, added Uraso."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The way that he was taken shows that they are taking him to the Chief. A boy like George would be likely to interest the Chief, at first for a time, and time is all we want."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am glad you have the same opinion as John,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is George's chain,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where did you find this?"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I could tell the difference in the shape of a shoe from another, said Harry,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How do you distinguish people?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, usually, by their faces."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Quite true. Now feet are just as different as faces are. But there are other ways by which we recognize people."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, was the response."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can tell who many people are at distances so great that I cannot see their faces."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How do you do that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By the way they walk, by their size, or by some action that seems to be peculiar to them."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The observations are correct, answered John."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At the same time, if all the men you knew happened to be in a crowd, and moving around among each other, you would be able to recognize and place each without any difficulty; is not that true!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; and I think I understand the trend of your remark now."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And what is that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You mean to say that if the scouts are able to read, or to become acquainted with the foot prints, they can read them as readily as I would read the faces of my friends."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is the exact inference I wish to draw."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I want to see that done,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is a curious thing to do,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What is that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stepping in the tracks made by the leader."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is for the purpose of keeping the surface of the ground absolutely the same as the tribe left it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well the boys seem to understand detective work pretty well."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "From my count there must have been twenty-four,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Uraso is mistaken, there are twenty-five. Uraso was not at all perturbed, but walked over to the surveyed plot and said:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The most prominent one is the fellow with the spreading toes. See! here is his left foot. See that broad foot is all around the place. This broad foot with a toe missing, is another fellow; and here are two with rather long feet, you can see them all about, and they are, no doubt, active fellows."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, that is picking them out plainly enough,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, continued Uraso,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I want you to look at this foot. It is the largest I ever saw."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am satisfied that fellow is the Chief,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There is evidence of that here too,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Assuredly that is something new. How do you know _that_?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The best indication is, said Uraso,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That was certainly clever, he remarked."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But why shouldn't they be clever. These boys are the finest and bravest in the world,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The last foot I have counted is that little sawed-off sample that has danced all around the edge; see it here, and here!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is our boy's shoe."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But I have found something else. George has had an interview with the Chief. He has been making some explanations to the Chief about his revolver."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And how do you know that?"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The scene here looks very promising to me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, it is better and better,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But you haven't told us yet, how you know that George was interviewing the Chief."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come here and I will show you. Now look closely at the foot prints of George. Then observe the indications as to the attitude of the Chief. George goes up to the Chief. They turn around. Here is a shell. Beyond is the tree where they had the mark, and here are the tracks of the Chief and George as they go up to the tree."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What you say only proves the value of minute observation, remarked John."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Those who are not accustomed to see these things, can not detect what are very plain markings. Sometimes a slightly torn leaf, under certain conditions, will tell a story in itself,--just such a commonplace and ordinary thing as a ruptured leaf."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am of the opinion that the people who have captured George are not at all bad, or vindictive. Therefore we must exercise care and not needlessly injure any of them. I need not say that it is our purpose here to aid the people, to make friends of them, and not enemies."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is in accordance with our wish,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is perfectly evident that these people, in taking George, did what most people in a savage condition would do. The great and overshadowing trait in humanity is to acquire something. It is just possible that the cartridge belt, or the field glasses, or the buttons on his coat were of more importance to them than George himself."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then you mean they had to get George to get the buttons,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "John has hit upon the very thing which is at the bottom of the whole business. All we wanted was to get the trinket, and the prisoner belonged to the Chief."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Or to the Krishnos,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well we might as well go on if we can find the trail,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, it is plain enough now,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But let us exercise caution, remarked John."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Move along slowly and keep a sharp lookout on our flanks."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have been wondering why he dropped this!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have an idea that it was lost in the fight for the possession of the watch."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The fight? Why did they have a fight?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, the ground where the chain was found looked very much like it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't see why the fellows don't agree to divide up things properly when they get them, instead of scrambling for them in that way!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You can see it is perfectly natural for them to fight for it under the circumstances. They do not understand anything but power."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should think the loser would be resentful, and try to even it up on the other fellow,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "On the other hand, the moment the stronger fellow wins, that is the end of the dispute. The best one won. In his creed there is no other argument. That is the savage's religion. You people have told us differently. The Professor has often said: 'There is only this difference between us, with you, might is right; with us right is might.'"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, what do you really think about it now?"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We marveled at that. The Professor went out among the people of all the tribes, and never carried a weapon of any kind. But no one would have dared to injure him. If a man had even attempted to injure him the people would have torn him to pieces. Then I understood. Right was and is _Might_, but it takes a savage a long time to understand it, and he must learn it from something practical that comes to him in every day life; he will never know it in any other way."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "PALACE"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Boys."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Bow, Harry; bow; he is a dandy Chief."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, George!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have had the nicest time in the world, but I am afraid the Chief does not know whether you are friends or enemies."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This man is a friend, and we must treat him as a Chief. All give him a respectful greeting."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What did he say?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He told them to go to the village and prepare food."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you know the Chief's language?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We can understand each other pretty well. There are many words which are the same, but he uses some which are new to me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you suppose they are the same people as are on our island?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not know that. We have heard that all the people in the different islands came from the same place, but where we do not know."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "His palace?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, palace! It isn't a common house!"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And this is what you call a 'palace'?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why not?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "From your description I thought it might be on top of a big hill with graded steps leading up between rows of flowers, and the rooms filled with statuary, with a large fountain playing in the center of a fine banquet hall."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The trouble with you is that you are not a philosopher, Harry. If you had been as well treated as I have been you would think the same as I do."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I must say that there is more philosophy in that view than even you, George, appreciate."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have I said anything unusual?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Quite so; have you ever heard the saying 'Handsome is, as handsome does'? Well, that is the root of all true actions in life. From the noble manner in which this Chief treated George, giving him the best that he had, and installing him in the finest room in the house, is doing all that any one can do."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is the way I really felt about it at the time. I was tired and hungry, and instead of meeting an enemy, I met a friend."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you see, Harry? George did right in calling this a palace. If it so appears in his heart, and he feels that impulse, isn't that just as real as though you see it with your eyes?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I didn't think of it in that way, said Harry, apologetically."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I like the old fellow. He is good enough to be a white man."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But where is this wonderful ship?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "On the other side of the island,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then why do you not bring it here?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We should have done so, but we did not know we had a friend here."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I want to see the wonderful place you have told me about,--your home, and how you make people happy,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do your people work at?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We make many curious things, like the articles you have here,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tell him that I want him to take them, and my gun, as well."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These boys can make these things, and they do not feel that they are sacrificing anything, beyond what it is their duty to do."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you tell me that these _memees_, (Boys) made these things?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And still more wonderful things."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Chief wishes to send a runner to bring the ship to the harbor here. Hasmo may accompany him."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ask him, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He does not know what they are,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Does he believe in a Great Spirit?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No he has never heard anything of that kind."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ask him if he knows who makes the rain and the sunshine, and the clouds."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He says that the questions are surprising to him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Has he never thought of those things?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; all he knows is that he lives and that he is a Chief and is the one who must govern the people."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Does he know why he is the Chief?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; because he is stronger than any one else."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That would certainly make him a Chief, remarked Harry."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I never saw such a big man."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do they have any big holes in the ground!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They have nothing of that kind to his knowledge."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There are no caves around here,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are there any mountains on the island?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There are high hills."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have they any neighbors, or different tribes?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; to the north, (pointing in that direction) are some bad people, but they belong to him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why do they not live near to the village!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Because they would make the people bad."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What did they do that was so bad?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They stole and lied."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "From whom did they steal?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "From the Chief."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did they steal from each other?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; they could not steal from each other."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you mean it is not wrong to steal from each other, but only from the Chief?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why is it wrong to steal from the Chief and not from each other?"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Chief in his wisdom gives to all alike; and when he gives it the property still belongs to him and not the people; but if they take it from the Chief then they are robbers."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ask him, said John,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is a great Chief. He gives seed to the people, and they plant it. But the great Chief does not forget it. The seed comes up to see its father. It still belongs to him. When he gives that seed to the people it is for their use. Every one has a right to take it and use it, and it is no crime. But if he takes it away from the Chief, he destroys what belongs to him, and he then does a wrong which must be punished."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This may not be very clear to you, said John,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is a wonderful idea, when I come to think of it, remarked George."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And to think that a savage could work that out in his mind."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But there is one thing that looks a little queer to me. He said he did not know or believe in a Great Spirit, and yet he talks of the sun as a Great Spirit,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will put the question to him, said John."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You said that you did not believe in a Great Spirit, but now you speak about the sun as a Great Chief. Do you not believe in him?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; I only know that he is there; I do not believe in him any more than in the carago (moon)."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Our ship is coming."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am anxious to see the man who can row such a vessel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He is one of the men from our island,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "He may release them."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Under their law the women and children of the culprits are criminals also, and so they were doomed to go together."
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What surprises me is that they have no fish, or sea food of any kind,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is likely that the people here have the same aversion to fish as some natives along the Australian continent, and in the islands near there."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The natives of New Guinea, for instance, worship snakes, lizards, sharks and crocodiles, and there is a strict law among them not to injure anything, of that kind. As a result, they are afraid to eat anything that approaches the shape of these animals."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, if they worship the snakes they must have some kind of religion,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; and with them go the witch doctors who practice on the people and charge fees just the same as the physicians do in our country."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do they claim there is a Great Spirit, like some of the people here!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; they have a God called Baigona, who lives in the mountains, and instead of being a good God, is a bad one; he has the power to speak without being heard, to strike without being seen, and he loves and hates, just like human beings. He gives the witch doctor the power to do anything, without being wrong, and without being liable to punishment."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, that is a pretty convenient God to have,"
}
]
|
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "We must consult the Chief about that,"
}
]
|
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