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"Right!" exclai about? Those are

the principles of an Apache or a Hottentot"

"Or a cave-man," Pete added

"Well, what are we under our skins but Hottentots and Apaches and

cave-men?" said Ralph "Now, I leave it to you Look facts in the face

Use your common sense Count out civilization and all its artificial

rules Think of our situation on this island, if we don't capture these

wo We don't knohat

the conditions of their life may be The caprice ood Maybe theirA lot of things may happen to keep theo h we could tales by putting salt on their tails In the first place, we

can't get close enough to thes, to

prove that ouldn't harnificent one They've thron the gage And how have we

responded? I bet they think we're a precious lot ofin their sleeves all the time I'd hate to hear what

they say about us But the point I' to make is not that It's

this: we can't afford to lose them This place is a prison now It will