He 



CHAPTER X. 



THE HUMMING-BIRD OF ROBINSON CRUSOE's ISLAND. 



OME long time ago, a Spanish 

 sailor used to steer his vessel 

 backwards and forwards between 

 Peru and Chili, 

 was always baffled by contrary 

 winds, and it occurred to him that if he 

 stood out farther to sea he might escape 

 them. 



He put this idea in practice ; and dur- 

 ing his next voyage, when at sea, he fell 

 in with an island hitherto undiscovered. 

 From a distance, the island looked like 

 a mass of rocks and mountains, and had a 



