Jethou - or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Ernest R. (Ernest Richard) Suffling
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I take possession of the Island--Landing stores--A grand
carousal--Farewell--Alone 24 CHAPTER III. First thoughts and impressions--A tour of the Island and description 32 CHAPTER IV. Farming operations--I make a plough and a cart--A donkey hunt--Dumb helpers--My live stock 44 CHAPTER V. Canoeing--Fish of the place--The ormer and limpet--A curious fishing adventure--Queer captures from the sea--Rock fish--Construct a fish pond and water-mill 55 CHAPTER VI. "Flapp," the gull--Surgical operation--The gull who refused to die--Taxidermy extraordinary--Feathered friends--Snakes 69 CHAPTER VII. I build a curious "box-boat"--An unpleasant night at sea--My Sunday service--The poem, "Alexander Selkirk"--Its applicability to my lot 79 |
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