{"id":"01KG8AM6P2XNPVF4WA0Q0C6KPE","cid":"bafkreielisqzge6ozep6pk63mj7adwepxwx6dfrhhdatkc7sahyvzoctem","type":"chunk","properties":{"end_line":3305,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:25.200Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Chunk 1","source_file":"01KG89J1JYRSHWXR7JM0HYS9D4","start_line":3251,"text":"CHAPTER TEN\r\n\r\nTHE HEAD OF THE VALLEY--CAUTIOUS ADVANCE--A PATH--FRUIT--DISCOVERY\r\nOF TWO OF THE NATIVES--THEIR SINGULAR CONDUCT--APPROACH TOWARDS\r\nTHE INHABITED PARTS OF THE VALE--SENSATION PRODUCED BY OUR\r\nAPPEARANCE--RECEPTION AT THE HOUSE OF ONE OF THE NATIVES\r\n\r\n\r\nHow to obtain the fruit which we felt convinced must grow near at hand\r\nwas our first thought.\r\n\r\nTypee or Happar? A frightful death at the hands of the fiercest of\r\ncannibals, or a kindly reception from a gentler race of savages? Which?\r\nBut it was too late now to discuss a question which would so soon be\r\nanswered.\r\n\r\nThe part of the valley in which we found ourselves appeared to be\r\naltogether uninhabited. An almost impenetrable thicket extended\r\nfrom side to side, without presenting a single plant affording the\r\nnourishment we had confidently calculated upon; and with this object, we\r\nfollowed the course of the stream, casting quick glances as we\r\nproceeded into the thick jungles on each hand. My companion--to whose\r\nsolicitations I had yielded in descending into the valley--now that\r\nthe step was taken, began to manifest a degree of caution I had little\r\nexpected from him. He proposed that in the event of our finding an\r\nadequate supply of fruit, we should remain in this unfrequented portion\r\nof the country--where we should run little chance of being surprised by\r\nits occupants, whoever they might be--until sufficiently recruited to\r\nresume our journey; when laying a store of food equal to our wants, we\r\nmight easily regain the bay of Nukuheva, after the lapse of a sufficient\r\ninterval to ensure the departure of our vessel.\r\n\r\nI objected strongly to this proposition, plausible as it was, as the\r\ndifficulties of the route would be almost insurmountable, unacquainted\r\nas we were with the general bearings of the country, and I reminded\r\nmy companion of the hardships which we had already encountered in our\r\nuncertain wanderings; in a word, I said that since we had deemed\r\nit advisable to enter the valley, we ought manfully to face the\r\nconsequences, whatever they might be; the more especially as I was\r\nconvinced there was no alternative left us but to fall in with the\r\nnatives at once, and boldly risk the reception they might give us; and\r\nthat as to myself, I felt the necessity of rest and shelter, and that\r\nuntil I had obtained them, I should be wholly unable to encounter such\r\nsufferings as we had lately passed through. To the justice of these\r\nobservations Toby somewhat reluctantly assented.\r\n\r\nWe were surprised that, after moving as far as we had along the valley,\r\nwe should still meet with the same impervious thickets; and thinking,\r\nthat although the borders of the stream might be lined for some distance\r\nwith them, yet beyond there might be more open ground, I requested Toby\r\nto keep a bright look-out upon one side, while I did the same on the\r\nother, in order to discover some opening in the bushes, and especially\r\nto watch for the slightest appearance of a path or anything else that\r\nmight indicate the vicinity of the islanders.\r\n\r","title":"Chunk 1"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJQ78VYYNFBKPK3F8V40N","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1JYRSHWXR7JM0HYS9D4","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AM6P2A4FZYTG7QRDBZA66","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"next"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:29.378Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:35.839Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}