. The story of Doctor Dolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts . Jip let out a great bark and sat when the Doctor came running up to him,he found the dog staring into a big, deep hole inthe middle of the rock. The boys uncle is down there, said Jipquietly. No wonder those silly eagles couldntsee him!—It takes a dog to find a man. So the Doctor got down into the hole, whichseemed to be a kind of cave, or tunnel, runninga long way under the ground. Then he strucka match and started to make his way along thedark passage with Jip
. The story of Doctor Dolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts . Jip let out a great bark and sat when the Doctor came running up to him,he found the dog staring into a big, deep hole inthe middle of the rock. The boys uncle is down there, said Jipquietly. No wonder those silly eagles couldntsee him!—It takes a dog to find a man. So the Doctor got down into the hole, whichseemed to be a kind of cave, or tunnel, runninga long way under the ground. Then he strucka match and started to make his way along thedark passage with Jip following behind. 166 The Story of Doctor Dolittle The Doctors match soon went out; and hehad to strike another and another and another. At last the passage came to an end; and theDoctor found himself in a kind of tiny roomwith walls of rock. And there, in the middle of the room, his headresting on his arms, lay a man with very redhair—fast asleep! Jip went up and sniffed at something lyingon the ground beside him. The Doctor stoopedand picked it up. It was an enormous snuff-box. And it was full of Black Rappee 1. THE TWENTIETH CHAPTER THE FISHERMANS TOWN ENTLY then—very gently, theDoctor woke the man up. But just at that moment thematch went out again. Andthe man thought it was Ben Alicoming back, and he began topunch the Doctor in the dark. But when John Dolittle told him who it was,and that he had his little nephew safe on hisship, the man was tremendously glad, and saidhe was sorry he had fought the Doctor. He hadnot hurt him much though—because it was toodark to punch properly. Then he gave theDoctor a pinch of snuff. And the man told how the Barbary Dragonhad pur him on to this rock and left him there,when he wouldnt promise to become a pirate; and how he used to sleep down in this hole be- 167 168 The Story of Doctor Dolittle cause there was no house on the rock to keephim warm. And then he said, For four days I have had nothing to eat ordrink. I have lived on s
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