Treasure Island, Chapters Fifteen to Seventeen

In which Jim encounters certified maroon Ben Gunn who weirdly sounds a bit Texan, and we switch narrators to the doctor for a bit, hearing how they left the Hispaniola with a mess of supplies to barricade themselves in an old stockade, only to be cut short by a cannon.



Here again we've got notes, and just so you can truly understand what the good doctor keeps talking about, here's what the song Lillibullero. They also don't tag "jolly-boat," which just kind of gives me the giggles. Oh, and I'm pleased to see that an illustration from Treasure Island is used right there on the Wikipedia page!

Speaking of illustration, Wyeth didn't do the flight form the Hispaniola as seen in that aforementioned illustration, but he did give us our first good look at poor old crazy Ben Gunn:

0:45 - "I saw a figure leap with great rapidity behind the trunk of a pine."

And of COURSE, after last installment talking about how glad I was to have more Long John and less doctor, captain, and squire, we switch over to the doctor narrating a few chapters I'd forgotten about, all with no Long John in sight. Of COURSE. I'm still rather proud of calling them "the Three Stodges," though.


If you would like to read along, the text can be found at Project Gutenberg. No reading ahead, though!