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I say, I took it out, and brought both that and the tobacco with me to the
table.
Then I cried out, Lord, be my help, for I am in great distress.
Then it
followed most naturally, it is God that has made all. I cast up the notches on
my post, and found I had been on shore three hundred and sixty-five days. I
went, directed by Heaven no doubt; for in this chest I found a cure both for
soul and body. Then I cried out, Lord, be my help, for I am in great
distress.
I mean, that even while it was a dream, I even dreamed of those
horrors.
I only said to myself often, that I was an unfortunate dog, and born
to be always miserable.
I cast up the notches on my post, and found I had been
on shore three hundred and sixty-five days. This was the first prayer, if I may
call it so, that I had made for many years.
With these considerations, I walked
very leisurely forward. With these considerations, I walked very leisurely
forward.
CHAPTER VII - AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCEI HAD now been in this unhappy
island above ten months. I saw several sugar-canes, but wild, and, for want of
cultivation, imperfect. Immediately it followed: Why has God done this to me? I
left them to mourn over my folly, and now I am left to mourn under the
consequences of it. This was the first prayer, if I may call it so, that I had
made for many years. Then the tears burst out of my eyes, and I could say no
more for a good while. so I began to say, Can God Himself deliver me from this
place?
Then I got me a piece of the goats flesh and broiled it on the coals,
but could eat very little.
CHAPTER VII - AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCEI HAD now been
in this unhappy island above ten months. I saw several sugar-canes, but wild,
and, for want of cultivation, imperfect.
CHAPTER VII - AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCEI
HAD now been in this unhappy island above ten months. I could not tell what
tree to call it that these stakes were cut from. I only said to myself often,
that I was an unfortunate dog, and born to be always miserable. Look back upon
a dreadful misspent life, and ask thyself what thou hast NOT done? But it was
rather exclamation, such as, Lord, what a miserable creature am I!
I went up
the creek first, where, as I hinted, I brought my rafts on shore.
I saw large
plants of aloes, but did not understand them.
CHAPTER VII - AGRICULTURAL
EXPERIENCEI HAD now been in this unhappy island above ten months. I went,
directed by Heaven no doubt; for in this chest I found a cure both for soul and
body.
I mean, that even while it was a dream, I even dreamed of those
horrors.
I saw large plants of aloes, but did not understand them.
I saw large
plants of aloes, but did not understand them. With these considerations, I
walked very leisurely forward. at a very great distance; by my guess it could
not be less than fifteen or twenty leagues off.
I went up the creek first,
where, as I hinted, I brought my rafts on shore.
CHAPTER VII - AGRICULTURAL
EXPERIENCEI HAD now been in this unhappy island above ten months.
Then the
tears burst out of my eyes, and I could say no more for a good while.
Then the
tears burst out of my eyes, and I could say no more for a good while.
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