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Baso did not know, and looked at Grogo, who also professed ignorance, but both said they thought the professor had gone with Nigel. "I thought he was with you," said the latter, looking anxiously at the hermit. "He's goed an' lost hisself!" cried Moses with a look of concern. Van der Kemp was a man of action.
Now, as the party of natives, including Baso, who carried the professor's biggest box, and Grogo, who bore his gun, did not overtake their leader, they concluded that he must have joined one of the other parties, and, as it was impossible to ascertain which of them, they calmly went hunting on their own account!
Baso did not know, and looked at Grogo, who also professed ignorance, but both said they thought the professor had gone with Nigel. "I thought he was with you," said the latter, looking anxiously at the hermit. "He's hoed an' lost his-self!" cried Moses with a look of concern. Van der Kemp was a man of action.
However, that has nothing to do with my story. The Grogo was very successful, and we were looking forward every day for the return of the Montezuma. I could not help telling Mr Merton one day of my rash oath which I had made in the presence of my grandmother, and how I had been wrecked in every vessel I had sailed in from the time I came to sea.
There is one, however, which I must describe. I was asking Mr Merton one day the meaning of the name of our schooner. He laughed, and said that grogo is the name of a big maggot which is found in the Cockarito palm or cabbage tree. This maggot is the grub of a large black beetle. It grows to the length of four inches, and is as thick as a man's thumb.
Now, as the party of natives, including Baso, who carried the professor's biggest box, and Grogo, who bore his gun, did not overtake their leader, they concluded that he must have joined one of the other parties, and, as it was impossible to ascertain which of them, they calmly went hunting on their own account!
As this was a region full of birds, beasts, and insects of many kinds, it was resolved, for the professor's benefit, that a few days should be spent in it. Accordingly, the village chief set apart a newly-built house for the visitors' accommodation, and a youth named Grogo was appointed to wait on them and act as guide when they wished to traverse any part of the surrounding forest.
As this was a region full of birds, beasts, and insects of many kinds, it was resolved, for the professor's benefit, that a few days should be spent in it. Accordingly, the village chief set apart a newly-built house for the visitors' accommodation, and a youth named Grogo was appointed to wait on them and act as guide when they wished to traverse any part of the surrounding forest.
The Montezuma sailed for England, and I found myself forming one of the crew of the Grogo schooner. We had a very pleasant life of it, because the black slaves did all the hard work, taking in and discharging cargo, and bringing water and wood off to us. I might fill pages with descriptions of the curious trees and plants and animals I saw in the West Indies.
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