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HISTORY OF THE SEA. 



" He came at length to relish his meat well enough without 

 salt. In the proper season he had plenty of good turnips, 

 which had been sowed there by the crew of the ship and had 

 now spread over several acres of ground. The cabbage-palm 

 furnished him with cabbage in abundance, and the fruit of the 

 pimento — the same as Jamaica pepper — with a pleasant season- 

 ing for his food. He soon wore out his shoes and other clothes 

 by running in the woods ; and, being forced to shift without, his 

 feet became so hard that he ran about everywhere without in- 

 convenience, and could not again wear shoes without suffering 

 from swelled feet. After he had got the better of his melan- 



MAKING CLOTHES OF GOAT-SKINS. 



choly, he sometimes amused himself with carving his name on 

 the trees, together with the date. of his arrival and the duration 

 of his solitude. At first he was much pestered with cats and 

 rats, which had bred there in great numbers from some of each 



