{"id":"01KG8AKMFRM2Y1W99TEEWFF40A","cid":"bafkreifqy2f2wu6xzxnwpmpg6iieuydbl44jugwnfoiwssa325a4ngpaxi","type":"chunk","properties":{"end_line":8778,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:09.931Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Chunk 1","source_file":"01KG89J1954N2G0NAERBNJXEX9","start_line":8710,"text":"CHAPTER LXII.\r\nThey Encounter Gold-Hunters\r\n\r\n\r\nNow, northward coasting along Kolumbo’s Western shore, whence came the\r\nsame wild forest-sounds, as from the Eastern; and where we landed not,\r\nto seek among those wrangling tribes;—after many, many days, we spied\r\nprow after prow, before the wind all northward bound: sails\r\nwide-spread, and paddles plying: scaring the fish from before them.\r\n\r\nTheir inmates answered not our earnest hail.\r\n\r\nBut as they sped, with frantic glee, in one long chorus thus they\r\nsang:—\r\n\r\n                        We rovers bold,\r\n                    To the land of Gold,\r\n                Over bowling billows are gliding:\r\n                    Eager to toil,\r\n                    For the golden spoil,\r\n                And every hardship biding.\r\n                        See! See!\r\n                Before our prows’ resistless dashes,\r\n                The gold-fish fly in golden flashes!\r\n                    ’Neath a sun of gold,\r\n                    We rovers bold,\r\n                On the golden land are gaining;\r\n                And every night,\r\n                We steer aright,\r\n            By golden stars unwaning!\r\n        All fires burn a golden glare:\r\n        No locks so bright as golden hair!\r\n    All orange groves have golden gushings:\r\n    All mornings dawn with golden flushings!\r\nIn a shower of gold, say fables old,\r\nA maiden was won by the god of gold!\r\n    In golden goblets wine is beaming:\r\n    On golden couches kings are dreaming!\r\n    The Golden Rule dries many tears!\r\n    The Golden Number rules the spheres!\r\nGold, gold it is, that sways the nations:\r\nGold! gold! the center of all rotations!\r\n    On golden axles worlds are turning:\r\n    With phosphorescence seas are burning!\r\n    All fire-flies flame with golden gleamings:\r\n    Gold-hunters’ hearts with golden dreamings!\r\n    With golden arrows kings are slain:\r\n    With gold we’ll buy a freeman’s name!\r\nIn toilsome trades, for scanty earnings,\r\nAt home we’ve slaved, with stifled yearnings:\r\nNo light! no hope! Oh, heavy woe!\r\nWhen nights fled fast, and days dragged slow.\r\n            But joyful now, with eager eye,\r\n            Fast to the Promised Land we fly:\r\n                Where in deep mines,\r\n                The treasure shines;\r\n            Or down in beds of golden streams,\r\n            The gold-flakes glance in golden gleams!\r\n                How we long to sift,\r\n                That yellow drift!\r\n            Rivers! Rivers! cease your going!\r\n                Sand-bars! rise, and stay the tide!\r\n            ’Till we’ve gained the golden flowing;\r\n                And in the golden haven ride!\r\n\r\n\r\n“Quick, quick, my lord,” cried Yoomy, “let us follow them; and from the\r\ngolden waters where she lies, our Yillah may emerge.”\r\n\r","title":"Chunk 1"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJVBFJ75DKSYY1C4XWV9V","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1954N2G0NAERBNJXEX9","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AKR6XHD1S6T3GBCTJ6SWK","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"next"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:10.744Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:26.472Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}