I soon started them, and singling out a fat pig, ran tilt at him.
In a few seconds I was up with him, and stuck my spear right through his dumpy body.

Just as I did so, I saw that we were on the edge of a precipice, whether high or low I knew not, but I had been running at such a pace that I could not stop, so the pig and I gave a howl in concert and went plunging over together.

I remembered nothing more after that, till I came to my senses and found you bathing my temples, and Ralph wringing his hands over me." But although Peterkin was often unfortunate, in the way of getting tumbles, he was successful on the present occasion in hunting, and returned before evening with three very nice little hogs.

I, also, was successful in my visit to the mud-flats, where I killed several ducks.

So that, when we launched and loaded our boat at sunrise the following morning, we found our store of provisions to be more than sufficient.
Part had been cooked the night before, and, on taking note of the different items, we found the account to stand thus:-- 10 Bread-fruits, (two baked, eight unbaked.) 20 Yams, (six roasted, the rest raw.) 6 Taro roots.
50 Fine large plums.
6 Cocoa nuts, ripe.
6 Ditto green, (for drinking.) 4 Large ducks and two small ones, raw.
3 Cold roast pigs, with stuffing.
I may here remark that the stuffing had been devised by Peterkin specially for the occasion.