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the ship came from Lisbon. What little remainder of corn had been
in the bag was all devoured with the rats, and I saw nothing in
the bag but husks and dust; and being willing to have the bag
for some other use (I think it was to put powder in, when I
divided it for fear of the lightning, or some such use), I shook the
husks of corn out of it on one side of my fortification under the
rock,

It was a little before the great rains just now mentioned that |
threw this stuff away, taking no notice of anything, and not so
much as remembering that I had thrown anything there; when.
about a month after, or thereabout, I saw some few stalks of some-
thing green shooting out of the ground,
which I fancied might be some plant

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    

L had not seen; but I was surprised
and perfectly astonished when, after
a little longer time, I saw about ten
or twelve ears come out, which were
perfect green barley, of the same kind
as our European, nay, as our English
barley.

It is impossible
to express the as-
tonishment and
confusion of my
thoughts on this
occasion. I had
hitherto acted up-
on no religious
foundation at all;
indeed, I had very
few notions of re-
ligion in my head,
nor had entertain-
ed any sense of
anything that had
befallen me other-

“7 SAW ABOUT TEN OR TWELVE KAKS CUDLK OUT.” wise than as a