{"id":"01KG8AM4JXQNB3900HYVEK0KVK","cid":"bafkreibxe5numwj5ndfznvbywnpdxr2hihda5hqudo6iqaugeivs2ano6y","type":"chunk","properties":{"end_line":1929,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:25.200Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Chunk 3","source_file":"01KG89J1JYRSHWXR7JM0HYS9D4","start_line":1877,"text":"Latterly I had observed that Toby’s melancholy had greatly increased,\r\nand I had frequently seen him since our arrival at the island gazing\r\nwistfully upon the shore, when the remainder of the crew would be\r\nrioting below. I was aware that he entertained a cordial detestation\r\nof the ship, and believed that, should a fair chance of escape present\r\nitself, he would embrace it willingly.\r\n\r\nBut the attempt was so perilous in the place where we then lay, that\r\nI supposed myself the only individual on board the ship who was\r\nsufficiently reckless to think of it. In this, however, I was mistaken.\r\n\r\nWhen I perceived Toby leaning, as I have mentioned, against the bulwarks\r\nand buried in thought, it struck me at once that the subject of his\r\nmeditations might be the same as my own. And if it be so, thought I,\r\nis he not the very one of all my shipmates whom I would choose: for the\r\npartner of my adventure? and why should I not have some comrade with me\r\nto divide its dangers and alleviate its hardships? Perhaps I might be\r\nobliged to lie concealed among the mountains for weeks. In such an event\r\nwhat a solace would a companion be?\r\n\r\nThese thoughts passed rapidly through my mind, and I wondered why I had\r\nnot before considered the matter in this light. But it was not too late.\r\nA tap upon the shoulder served to rouse Toby from his reverie; I found\r\nhim ripe for the enterprise, and a very few words sufficed for a mutual\r\nunderstanding between us. In an hour’s time we had arranged all the\r\npreliminaries, and decided upon our plan of action. We then ratified our\r\nengagement with an affectionate wedding of palms, and to elude suspicion\r\nrepaired each to his hammock, to spend the last night on board the\r\nDolly.\r\n\r\nThe next day the starboard watch, to which we both belonged, was to be\r\nsent ashore on liberty; and, availing ourselves of this opportunity,\r\nwe determined, as soon after landing as possible, to separate ourselves\r\nfrom the rest of the men without exciting their suspicions, and strike\r\nback at once for the mountains. Seen from the ship, their summits\r\nappeared inaccessible, but here and there sloping spurs extended from\r\nthem almost into the sea, buttressing the lofty elevations with which\r\nthey were connected, and forming those radiating valleys I have before\r\ndescribed. One of these ridges, which appeared more practicable than the\r\nrest, we determined to climb, convinced that it would conduct us to\r\nthe heights beyond. Accordingly, we carefully observed its bearings and\r\nlocality from the ship, so that when ashore we should run no chance of\r\nmissing it.\r\n\r\nIn all this the leading object we had in view was to seclude ourselves\r\nfrom sight until the departure of the vessel; then to take our chance as\r\nto the reception the Nukuheva natives might give us; and after remaining\r\nupon the island as long as we found our stay agreeable, to leave it the\r\nfirst favourable opportunity that offered.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r","title":"Chunk 3"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJPECK9KDZPGG7HCKP5SK","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1JYRSHWXR7JM0HYS9D4","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AM4JN53NE4A159X618QPY","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"prev"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:27.229Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:34.056Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}