In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs continues the altercation between the crew members and the officers aboard the Fuwalda. As John Clayton went up to the deck he hears a shot and he knows it is the crew members fighting the captain and officers. As the officers retaliate the crew fires more bullets at them. Most of the officers were killed or wounded within the first few shots but only few crew members were killed or wounded. After the Captain was killed the leader of the crew, Black Michael, tells Lord Greystoke and Alice that they will have to leave the boat and be placed on a close but peaceful island.
When they arrive at an appropriate island them and their items are taken to the island. When they get to the island, John Clayton swiftly makes a room in the trees where they will sleep. As they sleep Alice looks out into the woods and sees a panther running away from something out further out in the trees;she thinks she sees the silhouette of a human like figure. As the night proceeds they are startled by the sounds of animals ruffling through the leaves and bushes.
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