The Island of Doctor Moreau, Chapter 21 summary

What happens

1. The Dog-man pledges loyalty, and the narrator controls the gathering by claiming that Moreau still watches and can punish them.
2. Over ten months, the Beast Folk lose speech, upright movement, clothing, and respect for the Law.
3. The narrator moves into Moreau’s ruined enclosure, watches unsuccessfully for rescue, and builds a raft that falls apart.
4. The sloth-creature leads him to his dead companion; he shoots the Hyena-swine feeding on its body and burns both corpses.
5. He strengthens his shelter and builds another raft, but lacks a container for drinking water.
6. A boat carrying two dead men drifts ashore; he takes it, fills its keg, and gathers fruit and rabbits.

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