Page 279 - Child's own book

might He in the cleft of the rock into which he was thrown :
thither he went, and to his great joy discovered the handle of
it just above the surface of the water. Next morning he went
out again to look for a pleasant convenient place to make his
lmt on : he walked s e v e ra l houts and could find none more
sheltered from the cold winds than that where he already lay*
being in the middle of the island, well fenced with trees, which
stood very thick. He
then cut down some
trees that grew in the
way, and cleared a spot
of ground about twelve
feet square, leaving-one
tree standing at each
corner, and with young
plan ts filled tb e distance
between ^uite round,
setting them about six
inches asunder, leaving
a vacancy for the door. His enclosure being made, he bent the
branches a-top from both sides, and wove them across one
another, making a cover to it; which being some what too thin,
ho laid other branches over, till they were grown thicker.
Having finished the top, he closed the sides by taking large
branches stripped of their small twigs, and wove them between
the plants : he made the door after the same manner. Thus,
after fifteen, days* hard labour, he finished his habitation.
As he was walking one day, he observed same monkeys
scratching something out of the ground, some of which they
ate upon the spot, and carried the rest to their home. His
hopes the roots might be fit for his use, those creatures eating
nothing but what men may, made him hasten to the place.