But there are other items--methods of lighting fires, finding water, knowing what fruits and other articles may be found on a desert island, such as plantains and cocoanuts, certain sorts of birds--and _beche-de-mer_." For the life of her she could not tell why she tacked on that weird item to her list.
The sailor inquired, more civilly--"Then you are acquainted with trepang ?" "Who ?" "Trepang--_beche-de-mer_, you know." Iris made a desperate guess.

"Yes," she said, demurely.

"It makes beautiful backs for hair brushes.

And it looks so nice as a frame for platinotype photographs.

I have--" Jenks swallowed a large piece of ham and became very red.