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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We must carry her to Chusan, where I dare say she will find friends, said Jack;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope the lesson we have given the rascals will teach them in future to turn to more lawful occupations," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They will be at the same work in a few weeks, if they can cut out a junk, and find a fellow to lead them, said Adair, to whom the ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "is suspended from a pole, borne on the shoulders of two men. Ladies and gentlemen of higher rank were seen going about in palanquins, which were smaller, than those used in India. They were formed of wicker work, and covered outside with lacquer. They also were supported by pole...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, those fellows are the thinnest-clothed rascals I have ever seen. Look, Tom, at their braided coats, they fit as tight as their skins. See what curious devices they have on them, both back and front. Look at that fellow with the big dragon--the head and fore part on his che...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is something in the wind, depend upon it! observed one of the midshipmen to Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Did the captain say anything about it to you?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't think he knows himself; but if he did, he would no...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "One thing I know that if there is work to be done my brother Jack is the man to go in and do it, observed Tom to Desmond." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We are certain, therefore, to see the best part of the fun, whatever it may be." }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We shall soon knock that place to pieces," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't be too sure of that, answered Tom;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are perfectly correct there, was the answer." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is a letter, insisting that all the demands which have been made should be complied with within twenty-four hours, if not, you see the guns which our ships carry; we have shells and ro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Japanese must think us very green if they suppose us to be caught in that fashion," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We shall have some fun now, at all events, exclaimed Tom to Desmond, who, with himself and a boat's crew, had been sent on board one of the gun-boats short of hands." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If they do not fight they will run, and we shall have the amusement of...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The admiral is speaking to us, sir," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Engage north battery, until signal to form line of battle is thrown out." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A miss is as good as a mile," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope no other will come nearer than that," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, that's not fair! exclaimed Billy;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then go and get me another spy-glass, and afterwards ask the doctor to stick a plaster on your cheek, said Desmond." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You'll be out of harm's way there, a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Did you get any teeth knocked out? asked Tom, as Billy passed him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If you did, take care to pick them up and get the doctor to stick them in again, for they will grow, depend on that." }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, I l...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I see a wreck close in shore, though her masts are gone; but that's a ship's hull, or I'm a Dutchman." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where are Mr Rogers and his men?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They went in that direction," }, { "from": "human", "value": "It is possible, sir, that they have got back to the boats by some other way, said Bird." }, { "from": "gpt", "value":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Did any one see them?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, sir, answered Jerry Bird in a mournful tone." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not a glimpse of them. I have been listening in case they should fire, but I have not heard a shot from the direction I'...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "as the expression is in North America. Desirous as he was of recovering the lost ones, he did not forget his duty to his ship. He felt that he must not run the risk of being drawn into a trap and surrounded by a superior force of the enemy, while it was incumbent on him to retur...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What! are we going off without punishing the rascals for the opposition they have shown us? Jack overheard one of the officers remark." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They will consider that they have gained the day, and will behave in the same fashion to any who may ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dinna fash yourself, Captain Rogers, he observed," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is said, however, that the Papuans are not cannibals, and the fellows we encountered are certainly not the sort of savages I supposed we should meet. My hope is that they have either ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A whale does not float so high out of the water as that, remarked Mr Hanson, who went up the rigging with his glass." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's a vessel of some sort, and a good large one, on her beam ends. Possibly her crew may have escaped, and are cling...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, no; he good man; come back!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I wish that we had run for it, and tried to reach the shore," }, { "from": "human", "value": "We might have been knocked on the head had we made the attempt, answered Tom;" }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here come Nick! Him sure!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope it is, said Tom." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But silence, all of you, in case it should prove an enemy who might betray our hiding-place." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wait; by-and-by mans go away!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "One is enough to run the risk, he answered." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Two are more likely to be observed. I will not go far, and keep well under cover." }, { "from": "gpt", "v...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose they think we shall find a canoe in that direction more likely than below, said Tom to Desmond," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, yes, sure," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We shall soon get back with the current, observed Desmond." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It won't make much difference, indeed it will be sufficient if we wait until dark, and then we shall run but little ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hurrah! we are all right now! cried Desmond." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We will take the best canoe, and it might be prudent to smash the others to prevent the enemy giving chase to us." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Let us get our own into the wate...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We shall have a desperate fight with those fellows before: we can get down the river, cried Desmond," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dat way, dat way!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is the only thing to be done," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They don't appear to have firearms, but they have got bows and arrows, said Tom, looking astern." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If we had a good English boat, the whole fleet should not make us fly, but they might quickly capsize this canoe and have us in their power...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They have not given up the chase yet, observed Desmond." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The fact of their following us shows that they fear we may escape them by some other way. Perhaps we may find a branch with another outlet to the sea." }, { "from": "human"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We might pull in now to one bank or the other, and rest until it is time to slip down again," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All right; we get away!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No fear, cried Pipes." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Paddle, boys, paddle!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We must keep watch, said Tom," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I wish we had something to eat, said Billy." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I shall grow as thin as a whipping-post, and never be able to march all the way to the coast, which must be very far ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have been thinking of all sorts of horrible creatures who may chance to be in the neighbourhood. Take care you do not let any of them get hold of us," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No fear of that, answered Tom, taking Gerald's musket;" }, { "from": "human"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We must go to the coast, at all events, said Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If they desert us we cannot help it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Since that matter is settled, let us have some breakfast, exclaimed Billy." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There's no fear of starving in this country; that's one comfort," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How far off is it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Shall we get there to-night?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not for a week if we do not make better way than we have done this morning, answered Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I could ma...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Him very good, very good," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Kill more, kill more!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You do not mean to say we are to feed on these creatures?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I can't shoot anything else, and better eat them than starve," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ah! let's try them, cried Billy." }, { "from": "gpt", "valu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am sure the boats won't leave us while there is a chance, observed Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will make my way alone, with the help of Pipes, and see what has become of them. If I do not come back you will know that I am caught, and I would advise you to...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There she is!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is no chance of our getting off if this continues, said Tom to himself;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If you don't, depend upon it you or some of us will be carried off by one of those beasts of tigers, he said, with much emphasis." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have not felt so uncomfortable for a long time as I have been during the time I have been on the watch."...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It shows that we must keep very wide awake, or none of us will reach the end of our journey, said Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now, the sooner we get away from this the better; for the sound of our shots may have attracted the attention of the natives in the n...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hurrah! cried Billy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We shall run no risk of starving, at all events. These nuts will serve us for bread, and with the honey will stay our appetites." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jump on one side, sir, jump on one side!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If we don't keep a bright look-out during the night one or other of us will be carried off, depend upon that," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh dear, oh dear! sighed Billy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I knew the journey would be fatiguing enough, but I little thought the trouble all these horrid beasts would cause us." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll pay you off for this!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I shall die if I don't get something to drink," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Down, down! cried the two Papuans;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, it must be a snow-covered mountain!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope we shall not have to climb it, although I should not object to a good roll in the snow just to cool myself," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't move, Desmond, he cried out," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now! cried Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll fire at his head, you at his shoulder." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well done, your honour! cried Casey, who had just come up;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hurrah! we shall have some venison now," }, { "from": "human", "value": "We shall want it, said Tom," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It won't be until you...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It might have been much worse, said Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We might have been close under it, and here, at all events, we only get a little peppered." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The sea! the sea!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's fresh!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I was sure of that, said Tom." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It's a lake, and a good big one too. We are a couple of hundred miles yet from the coast." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Friends there!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good mans! said Pipes." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Plenty food!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I say! said Tom, after he had drunk two or three cups," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where in the world do you come from?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "From the other side of New Guinea, answered Tom. He briefly narrated their adventures." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We want to get on to Sydney, where we expect to find our ship. Can ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "May I ask your name?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes; it's Stubbins; I've no reason to be ashamed of it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, Captain Stubbins, we will pay you twenty pounds a-head for ourselves, and fifteen for each of our men, besid...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why they must be weighing anchor!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, Captain Stubbins, you've forgotten to send the goods on shore, in return for the produce which came off yesterday!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Bless my heart! so I have! answered t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't care for the beasts, hungry as they are, but it is not pleasant to know that one may be stung at any moment by them," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Salt junk, which had made, perhaps, more than one voyage round the world, and mouldy biscuit, constituted the c...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You're better off than if we had none, and if we are many weeks longer on the voyage maybe we shall be in that condition." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If we could catch some fish we should do better, said Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Suppose you ask the skipper if he has got any hooks and lines." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I doubt whether the old fellow will take the trouble to look them out...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Take care what you are doing, Master Toby," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll go after him," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The horrid brute! exclaimed Desmond;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've got one! cried Billy, pulling away." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Here, Desmond, come and help me haul it in--he must be a big fellow." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bad luck to the beast! It's the same which ate up poor Toby," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I only hope he will not run away with any more of our hooks, said Tom." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It will be as well to haul them in before he gets hold of t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He'll be through it if we don't make haste! cried Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Quick, quick, Casey! slip the bowline round him!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Keep all the lines taut, or he'll be wriggling through them and carry off the hook and line!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I shouldn't like to be in the way of that fellow's jaws," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You've no business to treat the poor fellow in that way, exclaimed Tom;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Who are you? said the skipper." }, { "from": "human", "value": "This is mutiny, and I'll clap you and your companions in irons as soon as look at you." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We do not fear your threats, Captain Stubbins, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If you were to kill one of us, you would be guilty of murder, and would be hung to a certainty. Let me advise you, then, to take those pistols back to your cabin. We have no wish t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If we could manage to construct such a still as our friend the American doctor formed on the sand-bank, we might obtain fresh water," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm sure I don't know exactly how it was done, answered Desmond," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, I do wish this voyage was over, exclaimed poor Billy, on whom the hard fare was beginning to tell, though he had wonderfully withstood the long journey across the country." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I shall be losing the number of my mess if this horrid bri...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Any chance of our getting in, sir? asked Casey of Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is pretty well time we should be there, for I've been trying to learn what quantity of water we have got on board. As far as I can make out, we've not got a gallon at the most, a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We are going to have another calm, I fear," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm not quite so sure of that, said Casey." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I've been watching the sky, and it seems to me as if a thick gloom was spreading over it. I've observed a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll point it out to the mate," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't think it's anything," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is, though, cried Tom." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Listen to that roar." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Turn the hands up! shorten sail!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We have gone through many a danger together, said Tom, to Desmond;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It cannot be helped, said Desmond." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I should have liked to live longer, and we are better off than the poor fellows drowning ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'd stick to the hull, sir, answered Pat." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The brig has floated so long; she may float longer, and we had better wait until daylight before we attempt to make a raft. We may chance to slip off into the sea, or one of those savage sharks ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No land to be seen?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That may be a couple of hundred miles away, I fear," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Any vessel coming to our help?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Without a breath of air, there is no chance o...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hurrah! hurrah! we are saved; she cannot fail to see us." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Is it true, Rogers, that you see a sail?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "As true as that we are here, but we must not make too sure of being discovered," }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thank Heaven, there is no longer any doubt about it! cried Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Rouse up, Billy, rouse up, my boy! We are all right! Here comes the steamer to our assistance, and more than that, I'm very sure that she is the _Empress_, or a craft so li...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Slide down, and we will catch you," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Billy shall go first," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Handsomely, handsomely! cried the lieutenant," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't you know me, sir?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Bless my heart, is it you? and are those Rogers and Desmond?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Here we are, to answer for ourselves," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I congratulate you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Those papers, I suspect, will do more to set you up than anything else," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Indeed they will, although they have been long enough in coming," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Faith! I could get up and dance a jig forthwith," },...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If I fall to-morrow, said Jack," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Of course I will do everything you wish, should such a misfortune happen, but I do not believe that the bullet is cast that is to deprive you of life, Jack, answered Adair." }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, Captain Rogers, will you see what you can do?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "On, lads!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wish this business was over, said Tom." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There is little honour or glory to be gained. It is excessively fatiguing and unsatisfactory work." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It has to be done, at all events, observed Jack." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was afraid so, said Jack." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We must look out for a spot where we can encamp until daylight, when we shall be able to ascertain our true position. If we march further we may get beyond the pah, and be too late for the assault." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I really don't think the enemy can have discovered us, observed Tom;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It has occurred to me, said Tom, at length," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have little doubt that he did intend treachery; and that he thought, on deserting us in the valley, that we should bivouac where we then were, from failing to discover this hill. If so, the ...