He lingered all day , breathing loudly like the old buccaneer at home in his apoplectic fit , but the bones of his chest had been crushed by the blow and his skull fractured in falling , and some time in the following night , without sign or sound , he went to his Maker . As for the captain , his wounds were grievous indeed , but not dangerous . No organ was fatally injured . Anderson 's ball -- for it was Job that shot him first -- had broken his shoulder-blade and touched the lung , not badly ; the second had only torn and displaced some muscles in the calf . He was sure to recover , the doctor said , but in the meantime , and for weeks to come , he must not walk nor move his arm , nor so much as speak when he could help it . My own accidental cut across the knuckles was a flea-bite . Doctor Livesey patched it up with plaster and pulled my ears for me into the bargain . After dinner the squire and the doctor sat by the captain 's side awhile in consultation ; and when they had talked to their hearts ' content , it being then a little past noon , the doctor took up his hat and pistols , girt on a cutlass , put the chart in his pocket , and with a musket over his shoulder crossed the palisade on the north side and set off briskly through the trees . Gray and I were sitting together at the far end of the block house , to be out of earshot of our officers consulting ; and Gray took his pipe out of his mouth and fairly forgot to put it back again , so thunder-struck he was at this occurrence . `` Why , in the name of Davy Jones , '' said he , `` is Dr. Livesey mad ? '' `` Why no , '' says I. `` He 's about the last of this crew for that , I take it . '' `` Well , shipmate , '' said Gray , `` mad he may not be ; but if HE 'S not , you mark my words , I am . '' `` I take it , '' replied I , `` the doctor has his idea ; and if I am right , he 's going now to see Ben Gunn . '' I was right , as appeared later ; but in the meantime , the house being stifling hot and the little patch of sand inside the palisade ablaze with midday sun , I began to get another thought into my head , which was not by any means so right . What I began to do was to envy the doctor walking in the cool shadow of the woods with the birds about him and the pleasant smell of the pines , while I sat grilling , with my clothes stuck to the hot resin , and so much blood about me and so many poor dead bodies lying all around that I took a disgust of the place that was almost as strong as fear . All the time I was washing out the block house , and then washing up the things from dinner , this disgust and envy kept growing stronger and stronger , till at last , being near a bread-bag , and no one then observing me , I took the first step towards my escapade and filled both pockets of my coat with biscuit . I was a fool , if you like , and certainly I was going to do a foolish , over-bold act ; but I was determined to do it with all the precautions in my power . These biscuits , should anything befall me , would keep me , at least , from starving till far on in the next day . The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols , and as I already had a powder-horn and bullets , I felt myself well supplied with arms . As for the scheme I had in my head , it was not a bad one in itself .
I was to go down the sandy spit that divides the anchorage on the east from the open sea , find the white rock I had observed last evening , and ascertain whether it was there or not that Ben XXXXX had hidden his boat , a thing quite worth doing , as I still believe .
Gunn Livesey buccaneer earshot first girt palisade right second shoulder-blade