Crusoe's island . about it, helaughed good-humoredly when Ave acknoAvledged thatwe were going ashore. Be sure, said he, as Ave wentover the side, • not to forget the peaches. You will findplenty of them up in the valleys. Only dont lose sightof the vessel. You may exercise yourselves as much asyou please, but keep the royals above water, AvhateAreryou do. Bear in mind that you are more than seventymiles from that peak! We promised him that we wouldtake care of ourselves, and come back safe in case weAvere not foundered. At 9 Ave bade our friends good-by, and withthree cheers pushed off fr
Crusoe's island . about it, helaughed good-humoredly when Ave acknoAvledged thatwe were going ashore. Be sure, said he, as Ave wentover the side, • not to forget the peaches. You will findplenty of them up in the valleys. Only dont lose sightof the vessel. You may exercise yourselves as much asyou please, but keep the royals above water, AvhateAreryou do. Bear in mind that you are more than seventymiles from that peak! We promised him that we wouldtake care of ourselves, and come back safe in case weAvere not foundered. At 9 Ave bade our friends good-by, and withthree cheers pushed off from the ship. The boat wasonly tAventy-tAVO feet long and an eighth of an inch thick : CRUSOES ISLAND. 13 it was made of sheet-iron, and was very narrow and of us, except myself and a whaleman named Pax-ton, were unused to rowing, so that the prospect of reach-ing land depended a good deal upon the day remainingcalm, and upon keeping the boat trimmed, the gunwalesbeing only ten inches out of the 16
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