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scarcely comprehend where I was or how I came there; but the events of the day before soon returned to me. For a few minutes I lay still, lookin

f the palms and to slightly bend the tall grass; and though I could not see a

r personal use, and the problem of my future sustenance must be solved, for I could not long continue to wo

d my face and hands. Having no towel and seeing no subs

l breakfast. As I had neglected to provide myself with a meal ere I retired the night before, I was very hungry and my appetite was not satisfied until I had eaten nearly

, and knowing this to be the first part of the dry season which, in the latitude in which I judged myself to be

ed the question in my mind. The record which I proposed to keep must be indestructible, and in some compact, portable form so that I could easily take it with me in the event of sudden d

e cocoanut shells that contained the natural holes through which the shoots of the germinating nut

the completion of the month I would carve with my knife the name of the month and year; and in this way I hoped to preserve a correct record of the time. As each month was finished I

as I had been on shore one day, I out the first not

any other place." But I resolved not to harbor gloomy thoughts; and tying a large hard knot in one end of the cord, I strung the shell upon it, inserting it from the o

, I resolved, for each Sunday, to bore a hole instead of cutting a

ly those measuring about two inches in diameter, and before the sun reached

birds that had been making such a babel of discordant sounds all the morning. Several of them

I could capture one and teach it to talk. It ce

und at regular intervals, in line with the posts, lashing the upper ends to the horizontal poles resting in the forks, and to the poles across the othe