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Three Young Crusoes 



the most important part of the dress, because it 

 shielded the head from the sun, and, so far as he was 



tiG. 27. I'he upper hgure shows a section of wood with part of the 

 outer bark removed, exhibiting the lace-like character o\ the inner bark; 

 the lower figure represents a whip made from the lace-bark tree. 



concerned, he didn't care tor much else he could 

 go bare toot. 



But Edna thought they could at least be as well 

 dressed as the Sandwich Islanders; so she kept them 

 hunting until they tound soft, stout grasses and 

 rushes, out of which she wove trunks for the boys 

 and a bodice and skirt for herself. A string of beads 



