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21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can understand, said John,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Chief found them guilty of trying to hide what they had done, and they were caught at it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But the Chief was not covetous. He admitted he did not care for the things, and one of the men told Muro that the Chief never took things from his people without paying for them."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, then, he punished them for trying to deceive him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There, that is one of the crimes which the Chief referred to. I think he is a wonderful character, and I hope we shall be able to unite him with us."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you mean, said the Chief,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That, in effect, is just what they do. It is not so considered, however, by our people. It is difficult to say just where necessity ends and luxury begins. But each year, yes every month, new things are brought out, and people begin to buy them, because the traders and the people who sell are shrewd and know how to cultivate taste and the desire for new and startling things."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But how do the people get the articles to exchange for these things?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The people do not accumulate articles to buy other articles with. Instead, they work to get money, and with this money they buy the things."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not know what you mean by that. What is 'money'?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is an article which tells what everything else is worth."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then it must be wonderful. I would like to see that remarkable thing which can tell what everything else is worth."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here is some of it, which we use on Wonder Island."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is worth one cent, and this larger one five cents."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What makes this worth so much more than the other, and why are they worth anything?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Because there is so much metal,--so much copper, in each."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But copper is of no use. I cannot eat it, and it will not clothe me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, but if you have this money then you can get the clothes, and the size of them will tell just how much clothing you can get."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not understand it. Where can I go and get clothing with these round pieces!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You must go where the clothing is, or the goods must be brought to you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, if we are here, at a place where there should be no clothing, or no food, this _money_, as you call it, would not enable me to clothe or feed myself?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Assuredly not."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then it has no value?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; it merely measures the value of something which I can eat or wear, or use."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then why not use a taro root, or a fowl, or wisps of fibre?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That would be all right, if we could have a common understanding between us of how much a taro bulb was worth by the side of a bundle of fibre, and how large the bundle should be to exchange fairly with an armful of Amarylla tubers."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That may be some recompense for not finding any caves,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To hear you talk people might think you had caves on the brain."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well the caves are the only thing that we have had in the way of sport. And then the treasures!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know that; but I shall not be disappointed if there isn't a cave within five hundred miles."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nor I; but John is very anxious, for some reason, to find some particular cave. I'll bet anything that skull we found on the southeast peak of Wonder Island has something to do with it, judging by the way he is caring for the skull, and spending hours in examining it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I had forgotten about that, responded Harry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That brings back my interest, now. But John does not think there are any caves on this island, but he believes that there is another island farther south."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is that so!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am sure of it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How sure?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, the chart which John made has this island on it, and a mark which shows something like it directly to the south. I saw that several days ago."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "When did he make the drawing?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Since he has been on this island."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I thought John had something in his mind all along. What do you suppose he expects to find in that particular cave?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, not money; that's sure. It might be a good idea to do some thinking and searching on our own account."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have often wondered, since we have been on Wonder Island, and more particularly, since we landed here, whether it would not be possible to trace some of the unsolved mysteries of Wonder Island to this, or some other island."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is the mystery. Some one brought the boat to the island. Some one took it inland. Some one, a man by the name of Walter, wrote a note addressed to Wright, who was one of the companions of John when he was shipwrecked, but Wright knew nothing of Walter. If the solution of this matter does not lie in some other island, we might as well give it up."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Our work at the northern part of the island will take about ten days, and probably less. If you have no trouble, and this time of the year is not a stormy one, you can easily make the trip there in a day and a half, and return in the same time, thus giving you a full week to prepare the articles."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is necessary for the _Pioneer_ to return to Wonder Island to get some things of importance for us. It would please me better to have you remain, and Stut can take your place for the trip; but if you prefer to go, it will be satisfactory."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stut, I have some very valuable papers which must be delivered to the Professor, who will send some things back, and I have arranged with Sutoto that he shall remain and help us in our investigations here, while you sail the _Pioneer_ to Unity."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then start at once, remarked John,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Will you get some things for me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Certainly, what can I do for you?"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I see what it is, remarked George."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is a bird. See it on that limb?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why certainly, that is the Kagu."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why its bill and feet are red, while the rest of the body is gray. What a funny feather it has running back from its head!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder if our women took their hat fashions from the Kagu?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You have made a correct observation. Some species of the hornbill have feathers which project up into the air like sentinels, and the same feathers are used in exactly the same fashion by makers of millinery. Now, I am not an authority on the fashions, but I have often thought that if the leaders in styles would build those wonderful head decorations something like the patterns furnished by nature they would be more beautiful and becoming."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder if it has only one leg?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I imagine it has two. It is the custom of many birds of this species to stand for hours on one leg. It is of the same family as the stork, the heron and the ibis."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why don't we see more animals?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The island is not, probably, large enough. These small islands have only the smallest kinds. Besides, the larger animals are found where the nature of the country permits them to conceal themselves."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! you have found a most valuable plant, said John, as he broke off one of the stems."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Feel the crushed leaves."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is just like grease."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is an oil. It is one of the products largely used in the United States, as a substitute for olive oil, and for soap making."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is it called?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The plant is known as Benne. The product is Sesame oil. The peculiarity of the plant is that nearly one-half of the leaf is a pure oil, and it can remain exposed a long time before it turns rancid."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder if that is what they use in their cooking!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; it is absolutely inodorous, and is better than lard for table uses. Look at the seeds. They are classed with the most nutritious in the world."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Chief had them, and I tried some of them the first night I dined with him."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do look at the Coffee trees?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We must take a lot of the berries back with us. This will be a treat at the celebration."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here is a tree with yellow flowers. We must have some of these as specimens,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The men are asking if you want some of the flowers,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By all means,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is a species which belongs to the Indicus family, remarked John, as he cut off one of the leaves."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It would be a good tree for carpenters to raise."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why so?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You see it is just like sand-paper."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, that is something to know. But will it really smooth down wood?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is frequently used for that purpose, and you might take some along and try it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am curious to know what you are taking dirt for?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should have told you that a knowledge of the nature of the soil is one of the things that is very important to the agriculturist. Many men have made failures because they planted things which the earth was not adapted to grow."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It has always been a wonder to me why things really do grow up out of the dirt,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is not difficult to understand, if you will consider that the ground contains food, and that a plant can grow only where it can get the right kind. Then, there may be plenty of food but not the kind it can digest."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, that is news to me. Do plants digest food?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, just the same as what we call living animals. The tree is somewhat different from animals, in the particular that it digests its food first and then consumes it afterwards. In this particular certain larvæ act the same as trees, that is digest it before they consume it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you mean by larva?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The early form of certain living organisms, before they are fully developed. Thus, the tadpole is the larva of the frog. A great many insects are bred from what are called grubs, or caterpillars. All these are called larva."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What kind of food is found in the earth?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Many, many kinds. Carbon, nitrogen, the various salts, such as lime, magnesia, strontia, and the like, and when the little feelers shoot out from the roots, they are in search of something to eat."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, it looks just like a little bear, said George as he danced about."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let us keep it for a pet."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is a bear, said John."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is the Bruang, or the sun-bear of the Malayan peninsula."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But doesn't it grow any bigger?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; that is a full size specimen; in fact, it is a pretty large specimen, I should judge."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What beautiful fur, and so soft! Will it bite?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am of the opinion they can bite, but they are easily tamed and make great pets. Hasn't it a fine white spot on its breast?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, what are you going to do about it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hold it for a minute,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What a tongue,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is what they are noted for. The tongue is made for the very purpose of going into deep holes, and the greatest use is to rob the hives of the wild honey bee."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He is getting to be a mighty close friend,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, don't let him get away,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "On the other side of that high place is where the bad people live."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That must be a long way off, said John. When this was interpreted he answered:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Another day's march."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why not take a stroll to the southern end of the bay? remarked Harry, after they were ready to return."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We might be able to see the headland to the south where we first sighted land."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, then, here goes it,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stop, Harry; here is something we ought to investigate."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you know what this is?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is part of the boat which was taken from South River."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let's open it,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us call John,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have found it,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now what have you discovered?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Part of our old boat."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We thought George had met with some accident."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We got this by accident, answered George."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "See, here are some more things. This is the oar we had. How can you explain that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come, boys, let us take away all this stuff."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What is that board? exclaimed John."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, not a board; that is part of a boat,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's a boat; it's a boat!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come to this end and take away this lot of seaweed,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What kind of a boat was this?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Take away the sand carefully here,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is the same,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The same as what?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The same as the rope found on the boat when you discovered it on the beach."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But the boat? asked George."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you think of the boat?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is the exact counterpart of the _Investigator's_ Life boat No. 3."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did you ever know of a boat load of castaways on the island?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We never knew of anything like that,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The bones show that this man met with an accident in early life, or before he was fully grown, or, he may have had some disease before he attained full growth, so that his right leg is shorter because not fully developed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He must have been a soldier or an adventurer, as he has three bullet marks, one here in the right shoulder, one in the ankle, and the other on the cheek bone. All of the wounds were healed before he met his death."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But there is one thing which is still more remarkable. This man was a captive. He was tied in the boat and it was set adrift, and was likely on the open sea and washed ashore during one of the monsoons."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why do you think so?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This rope tells the story."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But how does it happen that he and the boat were together. It seems to me that if the waves were high enough to bring the boat clear up to this point, he would be freed from the boat long before it reached this place."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He was tied to the boat."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We don't want the box or the things in it now,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Indeed, I want the hatchet,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, and the rope,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This seems to be a Wonder Island, too,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is something new to me. There is nothing like it on Wonder Island. Did you notice it, John?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am surprised to find this growing here. It is a plant well known in Palestine, and is called the Rose of Jericho."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What a delightful perfume it has,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is not noted on that account, however. It is the _resurrection_ plant."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How singular; and in what way did it get that name?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It may be dried up entirely, and if placed in water it will again appear to revive and raise itself up. This is, of course, due to its power to absorb a vast amount of water. It is found near the shores of the Dead Sea, and I recall that when I was in Jerusalem it was a common thing to see the plant in its dried-up state, sold to pilgrims who were instructed how to resurrect it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And what is this big-eared fellow?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is a kind of Australian kangaroo. It inhabits trees, but is very clumsy in appearance and in action. It is a kind of sloth, or wombat."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Isn't that a dandy fur?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The fur is not so valuable as its skin. There is nothing to compare with the softness of the hide when tanned. It feels like the finest velvet, and is very strong and durable."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do those people never return after they are once condemned?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They are never permitted to come back."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do they stay there of their own free will?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; I am told that they long to be at home again."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, what would you do if they tried to come back?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We would drive them away. One time they tried to come back, all of them, and we had to kill some of them,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't you believe in killing?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; it would do no good. Would that be the right way?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; we do not believe in killing, except when we must to protect ourselves."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But do you have to make such wonderful things as those (pointing to the guns) to protect yourselves?"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, you see, the guns were not made for the purpose of killing people, but for sporting purposes."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you have many wild animals in your country?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not many now."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I didn't know the Upas tree was of such immense size, said Harry."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is it really true that it kills everything that comes near it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, that is greatly exaggerated. The only time when it gives forth any harmful exudations, is when it is cut down, or when the bark is torn away, or it is wounded in such a way that the sap comes into contact with the body."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This begins to look promising,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you think we shall find any caves here?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall be very much surprised if we do not,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Isn't it singular that the natives never knew about them, if there are any here?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; I do not think that is strange; they do not believe in the witch doctors, and they have no Krishnos here, so that the caves are of no value to them."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But do you find much that is valuable in the way of ores?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The hills here are full of the most valuable minerals. The little prospecting I have done is sufficient to satisfy me on that point. I am trying to make a fair estimate so I can give an accurate report when we return."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It does look inviting in that part of the island, said Harry."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Were you ever there, in the bad place?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; but I have heard much about it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is a beautiful place."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have you ever been there?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I was a guard on two occasions when we took prisoners there,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tell us about it,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have never been in the village, but within an hour's march of it. The Chief warned us never to go into the place itself."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Did you ever visit a more delightful spot?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It does not seem to me that the criminal colony is in a very bad place, if this is any indication of it. Isn't that way of dealing with crime a strange thing?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why so? asked John."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is it anything peculiar for the wrongdoers to be banished from a community?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; but it seems wrong to condemn the innocent women and children. Why should they be punished along with the guilty?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Probably, in the majority of cases, the women and children would prefer to accompany their husband and father. That does not seem to be so cruel, when it is considered that they are left free to live as much so as in their own community."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is what I cannot understand. What is the use of sending them away, if they are not locked up?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you not know that among the ancients, banishment from a country was the greatest punishment; greater even than death, in the opinion of many; and there are many cases where suicide was preferable. The odium of banishment was so great in those days that only the strongest and the greatest of men could live it down."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It makes me feel, when I smell this delightful perfume, that the home of the bad people over there must be a beautiful place,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To give such an opinion, just because of the fragrance that comes from the north is proper for a sentimentalist,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, that is a pretty big name to give, and I suppose it means having some notion that hasn't any sense in it, but just theory?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is a fairly close description, but I didn't mean it in that way."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "John must have had some particular reason for taking the direction he did."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hope we shall find the first caves."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What have you found?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nothing! nothing!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It takes me to bring home the goods,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; but I mean it, he continued."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have captured a modern, good-sized cave, and it is now awaiting to be explored."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are to be congratulated. Good boy!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us go down to see it at once, said George in his eagerness."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is quite a distance, as it is not more than five hundred feet from the seashore."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Luncheon first,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We went in only about a hundred feet, so as to be sure we weren't fooled,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is as far as we went,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am afraid this is a blind hole,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is the end of the cave. Note the side walls. If they should be pressed against each other they would fit exactly, showing that it is an opening caused by a fissure and not by erosion."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you are a good tribe finder it is no sign that caves are in your line."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think the joke is on you, for traveling all this distance to see a hole in the ground."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is as far as the guards have been permitted to go,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They are in the trees gathering fruit."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is the name of this town where the convicts live?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hutoton,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And what is the name of your town?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sasite."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Rather queer names, I should say,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I wonder how _Unity_, and _Pioneer_, and _Mayfield_, and the queer English names sound to them!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, I suppose they have some good reason for having such names."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; for the same reason that we apply names to certain things. See what a wonderful expression there is in the word 'Harsh,' and how expressive it is compared with its opposite 'soft.' How the first word grates, and the second comes out so smoothly. Then, compare 'swift' and 'slow'; or 'sweet' and 'sour.' Ugh! I can almost taste the last word."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These are friends of my father, and they have come to visit you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We welcome you to our village,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The villagers are preparing a feast for you. Let them go out and mingle with the people."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is a white man,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am glad to see you. Who are you? We are white, the same as you are."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is something the matter with him. Ask Anasa about him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We found the poor fellow on the beach many moons ago. We brought him here, and tried to heal him, but he does not speak, and one side of him has no life."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "John must know about this,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By all means,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is a remarkable thing. Did they tell you about it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is a white man here."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In the hut, and he is paralyzed and cannot speak."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not know him. I do not think I ever saw him before. How long has he been in this condition? The old man responded:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ever since we picked him up on the shore, about _tuta romama_ ago."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And how long ago was that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We shall, probably, get at the bottom of another mystery."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What is it? Why do you think so?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not now; not now!"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is a remarkable thing,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, is it a peculiar case?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The ailment itself is not remarkable; but there is something which passes my comprehension."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What is it!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These people are savages."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; answered the boys."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And they are criminals,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How long have you been here?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thirty years."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why were you sent here?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because I committed a crime."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Would you like to go back again?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Go back where?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To your home."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is my home."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But I mean your old home at Sasite."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No! no! There is no place like Hutoton."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you know what 'Hutoton' means?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; it means 'the place of death.'"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do any of your people want to go back?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do they want to go back? he repeated the query."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; but you should ask them. I do not know of any one who wishes to return. We love our Chief too much to wish for such a thing."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you know what the people in Sasite think of this place?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; not altogether; I am curious to know."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They believe it is a terrible place, and that the people who are sent here never have another day of peace or happiness."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And have they not changed their opinions? I used to think so too, and we believed it of those who went before us; but we thought they might have changed their opinions, because we felt that people were growing better and not worse. It is a long time since they sent us real criminals, and we thought the Chief's people were growing wiser and happier."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "When did the last criminals come here?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nearly one year ago."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The idea is, remarked John,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I heard the Professor say, at one of the trials at Wonder Island, that some scientists consider crime a disease,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Exactly; now suppose we treated people suffering from smallpox, or scarlet fever, or some other like disease, just like we treat criminals, it would be regarded as brutal. To lock them up, and deprive them of the pleasures of living, simply to protect society, is wrong."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But the smallpox and scarlet fever patients are taken away so they will not give the complaints to others,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And that is right. I favor that and advocate that same thing with criminals. But the patients are not deprived of the things they have been accustomed to, and they are restored, when cured. It is not so with the poor unfortunate who errs. When he does come back he is hounded and looked upon as a tainted individual, although he may, in heart, be better than his accusers."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But we do not feel that we have done anything which especially merits praise. He is one like ourselves, who was in distress, and we helped him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; you have done that which is right. We intend to reward you not that you should be paid for doing what is right, but to show that we appreciate your noble actions,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The _Pioneer_,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who is that man with the white hair!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He is the Great Wise man, added Uraso,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! I know why he is a wise man."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Because he has double eyes."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do not feel worried about the visitors. They will sleep on the vessel where they have comfortable rooms."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is, indeed, wonderful."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not know whether or not you know of Sutoto's affection for Cinda, but we learned about it, and have come over to attend the ceremony."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I know of it, but the Chief has not yet been told."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Did Stut tell you about Sutoto?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; but I have a good one to tell you. What did he say?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, you know he hired Stut to get him a wedding outfit, and a present?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When the people left the vessel Sutoto sneaked back, and hunted up Stut. Of course Stut had the package all done up, and he is now taking it over to his hut."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have something better than that. Sutoto is going to be married to-night."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How do you know?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Cinda told one of her girl friends, and it frightened her so that she told Uraso."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why that would spoil all the plans."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So it would, but Uraso told his sister."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you sure of that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course I am; I was there."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What did she say?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She simply said 'I will take care of that.'"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course she will; she's a brick."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is the object of all that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is a custom, in some of its features, that I learned about some tribes in central Africa. I can see the object of that rite. The taking of the gifts blindfolded signifies that he enters the marriage state blindly, and that he must do so in silence, and without asking any questions."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course, then, there is not any likelihood of them quarreling,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is what the Chief's wife said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But what does all the talking mean?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is perfectly obvious. To show they can perfectly agree, even though they do talk."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But that is all before the real ceremony itself, said George."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How do they get married? That is the main thing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, said Mida,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But they haven't promised anything. Marrying is promising."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; marriage is a contract under our law, but not so with these people. The only question with them is whether they are suited to each other."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But suppose they should not want to marry each other, or one of them should object,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! don't you see there is where the prospective bride or groom, in that case has a chance. If, in the first test he should speak, or in the last trial she should fail to keep up the conversation, then it would be all off."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I call that quick work,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, that's swift cooking,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder where the bridesmaid is who intends to make them talk?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why don't you see her standing behind Cinda?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You mean the servant?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh! I am so sorry!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sorry for what? Yes, yes, I know now. We have nothing to give Sutoto, as our presents."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I remember, said George,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, replied John."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "As late as the year 1800 the English did not use the fork, but the knife, for conveying food to the mouth; but the new-fangled idea, when once introduced, became universal, soon after that time; and it was then the custom for travelers to carry their own knives and forks when traveling."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am surprised that you use a fork at the table. While we do so universally, it was not originally our custom."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can remember, replied the Chief,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am curious to know what gives the roast such a beautiful flavor! asked the Chief's wife."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am told that you do not use leaves for flavoring."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, said Mida."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We now use spices, and the flavor is made more distinct by adding salt."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What kinds of spices are used?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For meats, principally pepper, of which I have no doubt you have plenty on your island."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is this a fruit?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, it is made from cane, or from some vegetables."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Made from vegetables? How can it be made from them? There is part of the flavor of fruit, but I cannot taste any vegetables in it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But what is this white liquid which you use in the new drink?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is called 'cream,' and the cream is made from milk?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And what is milk made of?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is taken from cows, a large animal, that people raise for that purpose."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I would like to see the animal from which this was obtained."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But we have no animal with us."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then it never spoils?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, yes, it will quickly grow sour and unpleasant if allowed to remain in a warm place."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In the ship we have a way to prevent the cream and the milk, as well, from spoiling. We will show you that."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have some news to impart to you. When the white people first came to Wonder Island, they found Uraso, and Muro, and they were the first to come to our aid against powerful tribes."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "One of their neighbors had at its head a wise Chief, Suros, known and respected by friend and foe alike, and he readily adopted the ideas of the white men, and offered his tribe to save us from destruction at the hands of those who were unfriendly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sutoto was the nephew of the wise Chief Suros, and I have come to tell you that he is dead, and that we have been mourning for him."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have all been sad, since his death, and we shall erect a suitable monument to his memory on our return."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What does the white Chief mean by that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is the custom of the white man to put up something that all the people may look at, for years and years afterwards, so as to remind them that he has lived, and to tell the people what good he has done."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And why should the people do that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So as to teach people the example, and try to make them be good as he was."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do your people need to have such examples to make them do good?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That may not be necessary,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But do you not find it necessary to set the people a good example?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, I do not think it would do any good. If the people are bad, and they want to be bad, it will do them no good to tell them that I have always tried to do right."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There are many who think as you do, and we had one great teacher, called Confucius, who said: 'Do good not for the hope of reward, but because it is right.' Then we have also a precept which, interpreted, means: that happiness is in the heart."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not know what that means,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It means that the desire and the wish must come from within, and not from without."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, continued the Professor,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have some news to impart, that makes us all happy again. It is something that pertains to Sutoto, and I know you will all join in wishing him all happiness in the good fortune which Wonder Island brings to him, while this island is vying with us to make him happy."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I want to present to you Sutoto, the new Chief of the Berees."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We want to present you these tokens, the presents of George and Harry. You are to wear these as an emblem of your authority."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is this part of the ceremony too?"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What does all that mean?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That means the dance, that is the final requirement of the wedding ceremony."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But where are the dancers? Are we to take part?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, no; no one who has partaken of the feast is permitted to take part."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, that is certainly queer."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not more so than among many white people, where the dancers are those who have been specially selected for the purpose, and are professionals. In Biblical times the Jews had dancing as part of the religious ceremony, and that which took place in the Temple was participated in only by special ones set apart for that purpose."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is the final act, said John."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "See, they are both within the wreath, and it signifies that they are bound together forever, even as the wreath, which has no end."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It seems that your interpretation of Walter's note was entirely wrong, said John."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In any event it is certain that we are more than thirty leagues from Wonder Island, and not in the direction he pointed out."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then it is likely that if there is an island which will fit the place, it must be to the north,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That would be a natural conclusion, he answered."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It has occurred to me that the natural place for an island would be to the north."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What makes you think so?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I judged so, merely from the conformation of this island."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What is there in the island that makes you think so?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have noticed that the island is very narrow east and west, and very much longer north and south."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; but that still does not make it plain to me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The island may be like the ridge of a mountain cropping out of the ocean. For instance, the Andes and the Sierras in the United States run north and south. Now suppose the ocean should cover the land, those mountains would form islands which would naturally be north and south of each other, and the islands themselves would be longer north and south than east and west."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I see the idea. But we might find them to the south of this island, as well."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Certainly; but as the northern section brings us nearer the supposed thirty leagues, we should, I think, make the investigation there first."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have suggested to the Chief that we shall return, and have invited him to accompany us, and I am gratified to say that he has accepted. We shall, therefore, be ready to return within a few days,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have you said anything to him about the contemplated visit to Hutoton?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; but I shall do so at once."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh! that will give us an opportunity to take the paralytic back with us,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; that will be the reason for our stopping there."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wouldn't it be a good idea to sail to the north, and investigate in that direction, on our way home?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That has occurred to me."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then we were right, after all,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not know; the calculations have not yet been made."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I would like to know how our position can be found out from an examination of the sun,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That will require a long answer to explain fully but I shall try to answer it in a simple manner. The sailor takes an observation of the sun in two directions, namely, north and south, and east and west. You know, of course, that the sun moves north in the summer and south in the winter, and that the extreme southern point is in midwinter, Dec. 20: that in the spring, or March 20, it is directly above the equator, and in midsummer, or, on June 20, it is as far north as it can go."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You mean, said George,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As we have the same calendar over the entire world, it is true everywhere. The difference is, of course, that summer and winter, and spring and autumn are reversed, north and south of the equator. All estimates as to locations are made by measuring angles."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then it must be something like surveying?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; the same principles are applied. Here is a sketch, which shows the earth A, and B is the equatorial line. C is the position of the sun on September 20, or on June 20."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why are they in the same position on both days?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; the sun crosses the equator September 20, on its way south, and then it again recrosses the equator coming north six months afterwards. On either of those days, if a person should stand at D, and look at the sun, there would be a line E, which projects out from the earth to the sun, and that is called the equatorial line."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is exactly at right angles to F, which passes through the poles. Now the drawing shows two other positions, namely G and H. These represent the extreme points of the travel of the sun north and south, or the positions that the sun occupy on Dec. 20, and June 20 of each year."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I see, said Harry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The points G and H are just 23 degrees north and south of the equator."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is correct, and there is another thing which can be learned from their positions."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know what it is."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It gives another line, or angle."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So now we have two angles, this, and the equatorial line. Then, we know the exact distance of the sun from the earth, and this gives the first measurement, and with the angle formed by the line I, taken in connection with the line E, it is easy to determine just where, or how far the sun is to the north or to the south, and if you did not, for instance, know the time of the year, a man could by such a measurement, tell, by the angle thus formed, the exact date."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I understand that now, remarked George."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The sailor, in getting the angle, simply measures that, and if he knows where the sun is on that day he will then have two angles, one that he knows beforehand, and the other that he finds out by looking at the sun."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is correct. The Nautical Chart gives all that information, so that it saves a large amount of work in making the calculations."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That gives the way to determine positions north and south. But how about east and west?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In the same manner exactly so far as the angle measurements are concerned, but in this case, instead of taking the time, in days or in months, as in reckoning north and south, we must take time in minutes, and to do that the entire globe is laid off in minutes and degrees, which the nautical tables give, and the mariner knows when he obtains a certain angle just how far east or west he is located by the chart."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But if he has no chart?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then he must figure out the position for himself, which he can do if he has what is called Greenwich, or standard time, and has, also the correct time of the day where his ship is."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is understood, now, remarked John,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "John is still after the caves,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Muro looked so peculiarly at me when I glanced at the bones, over there, that I wonder what he meant?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I saw it too, answered Harry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us have another look at them;"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are they human remains?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; and this is not the first we have seen, he answered."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We may find them now at any time. I am now sure that there are several tribes here."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What makes you believe so?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Because we have found different kinds of hair, which is usually the best evidence of the differences in the tribes, as each has its own peculiarity."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Savages, and cannibals!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But we must go on. We have still an hour in this direction before we turn to the south and east,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Drop down!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Remain quiet, and I will find them?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They are there; at least one party. Get ready for a shot."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We might give them a round,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do not shoot, unless they rush at us. I will talk: to them, and try to get an understanding."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Get your guns ready, and be prepared for a charge. If they come so close that you cannot use the guns, then we must be prepared to meet them with our knives, and we must all stand together, and not become separated."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They are trying to find, out what struck their comrades when we fired,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; I think it was a big surprise."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I recall, continued Muro,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We cannot remain here. We must make the attack. Remain here, and permit me to feel out their positions, and also to determine what they are doing."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They are being reinforced, and we have, probably, a hundred and fifty, or more, around us. John is, no doubt, too far away to come to our assistance, and our only hope is to attack them now, so we might as well take the necessary steps."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We must reach that tree, and by digging a shallow trench at one side, can easily defend ourselves, as well as pick them off at our leisure."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We must attract them, by some form of action. I will take three with me, and crawl forward, until we can catch glimpse of some of the watchers. Those we will attack, and then fall back, and do the same on the other sides."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Remember, what John used to tell us: it is the shots that hit which count. Fire deliberately, and keep together. Do not use your revolvers until they are close, and you cannot use the guns."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, get ready! Shoot deliberately!"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come on! cried Muro."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here is John!"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you hurt?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No! no!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That was a close call, said John."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We heard the first shots an hour ago, and we turned to take this direction. Then we heard nothing for a long time, and as we were coming over the hill beyond the firing commenced but we could see nothing, so we hurried forward and soon saw the smoke, and then the savages coming from the bush, and directly to the east we noticed fifty or more coming this way, but they are not here yet."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder how many attacked us?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is difficult to tell, but it is safe to say that there were at least two hundred in the fight. Oh, no; the boys will not follow them up very far,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am sorry for these poor people, remarked John."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We must hunt up the wounded."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you think that man is a chief?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know he is; I spotted him from the first, and saw from his actions, and the fact of his being obeyed, that he was a man of some authority."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I agree with you, said Uraso,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can see them plainly, he called down."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They are now around the wounded. I cannot see what they are doing, but there is a big crowd."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I believe they are coming this way. I think it is time for us to be moving."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Go on, without stopping,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This man is desperately wounded, and will require the best of attention to enable him to pull through."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I quite agree with you that, from what John has said, there are reasons aside from the cannibals over there, why we should explore it from one end to the other."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have had no opportunity to speak to you, but the Professor said you had learned enough about the island to determine you to explore it fully,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is true. I have found what I believe to be the identical spot described in the charts, and I have found the solution, I think, of Walter's note and of the skull."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have every reason to believe that the band which we met yesterday is in the immediate vicinity, and that they have been watching our movements,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In that case, remarked Uraso,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I favor the route to the east, which, while it may offer us still greater obstacles, in view of our observations there, still it might enable us the more quickly to overcome the tribe we have just met."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I wonder what Uraso can be talking about? There must be something very much out of the usual, in the eastern part of the island."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am interested in knowing what he means by 'the observation' they made there,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder if that isn't the real reason why John does not want to go for the fellows who attacked us,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That may be so. It never occurred to me before. It seems to me, though, answered Harry,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Or stubborn,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have names for the two islands, and for about all the principal points, but we have no name for this place,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Quite true, answered George, reflectively. Then, with a laugh, he said:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "As they have cannibals here, according to the evidence so far gathered, I think _Maneta_ would be a name that would tell the story about as well as anything."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Harry and I have found a plant that has flies and other insects all over the leaves, and I believe it actually catches and holds. Here is a sample,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is a plant of which we have several in the United States, but none which are as active. This is called Venus' Fly Trap."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is curious, remarked Harry."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I wouldn't have paid any attention to it but I saw a fly alight on it, and these little feelers seemed to close around it, and hold it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It works on that plan exactly. It is in that way it gets its food."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But why should the feelers be able to grasp the fly the moment it touches the leaf?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you recall about what the Professor told you of the peculiar power of plants to absorb food of particular kinds by a faculty called _irritability_?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; I remember."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By means of that, plants are enabled to select just the kinds of substances that they want, and can digest. If you will carefully notice the leaf, after it has seized a fly it will be observed that the leaf exudes a watery substance, and that has the property of digesting the fly, or of converting the liquid part of the insect into a form of food which is taken through the leaf, and from the leaf it goes into the plant itself."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I thought plants got their food from the roots only?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Leaves are just the same as roots. They are terminals, and moisture as well as foods, such, for instance, as nitrogen, is absorbed and fed to the plant through the leaves."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What does that mean?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is evidence that the people here are head hunters."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you mean by _head hunters_?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Certain savages have the belief that their importance depends on the number of heads they can capture."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where do they get them?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is necessary for them to kill their enemies, and impale the heads, or nail them up to their huts."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is it a religious ceremony?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In some cases that is so. In some tribes the object is merely to show bravery and manliness. The more heads a man possesses the braver he is."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These people will be difficult to deal with; very difficult."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why do you form that conclusion from the examination of the rattle?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is a vele."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A _vele_; and what in the world is that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A vele is a sort of hoodoo; it is something that many natives believe in with such tenacity that if any one having this rattle points to him and declares him veleed, and announces that the veleed one will die the next day, he will lay down and actually expire as predicted."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you believe such tales?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course those stories are hard to understand, but the missionaries on the Melanesian Islands vouch for many things similar to that. In 1871, Bishop Patterson, one of the missionaries, was murdered by the natives of those islands, and many of the facts in regard to their customs were then established."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But how do they work the vele?"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In doing so he must not be seen by any one. If he is seen the vele will not be effective. When he finds his enemy the vele is pointed to the man, and the rattles shaken, and while doing so the one exorcising the spell must turn his face away and utter curses. As soon as his enemy hears this, he turns to see who has veleed him, and he then glances around to see if any one has seen the vele."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are you sure that the rattle is for that purpose?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is no question of it, and it is an evidence that the natives are intensely superstitious, and such people are very difficult to deal with."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I suppose we shall have witch doctors to deal with here?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is a very natural supposition."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did you see some of these things when you came over here yesterday?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "From your investigations, said John, addressing the two chiefs,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We were unable to get near the village, but during the night we touched three different parties, one over by the high ridge, one a mile to the front, and the other over in the open ground not far from the place we had the fight. If I can judge anything by that I should say they have a number of warriors,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That does, indeed, look as though they are ready to meet us from whatever direction we may attack them,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The thing which is the most singular to me, remarked Muro,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We must do one of two things, ventured John, on reflection."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Either to go on with the men we have, or to wait until the _Pioneer_ returns, and then go back with her and fit out a force of ample size to meet them. It is our wish to win over the people by peaceful means, but our weakness may be the worst possible way of accomplishing that purpose."
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Under the circumstances we must leave this place before it is too late in the day, or we may have trouble in reaching the landing, although we can easily hold them off with our rifles, but we must avoid bloodshed,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Treasures of the Islands,"
}
]
|
21760 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "HOW-TO-DO-IT"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "King of Trades"
}
]
|
509691 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Even Suds? he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Was even Suds with you?"
}
]
|
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