CHAPTER 11

Inexplicable mystery—Herbert’s convalescence—The parts of the island to be explored—Preparations for departure—First day— Night and second day—Kauries—A couple of Cassowaries— Footprints in the forest—Arrival at Reptile Point. Gideon Spilett took the box and opened it. It contained nearly two hundred grains of a white powder, a few particles of which he carried to his lips. The extreme bitterness of the substance precluded all doubt; it was certainly the precious extract of quinine, that pre-eminent …