Xceedingly beneficial effect; but not till they had partaken of the true
"staff of life"--represented in one of its elementary forms, the
egg--did they feel their blood running in its right channels, alike
restoring their vigour and strength. Murtagh was one of the first to
feel revivified, and declare himself ready for anything. But they were
all much invigorated, and began to think and talk of plans for the
future. The question, of course, was, how they should quit the shore on
which shipwreck, and afterwards a chance wind, had cast them? So far the
coast appeared to be uninhabited, and although not so very inhospitable,
as their experience had proved, still it would never do for them to
remain there. The
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