short pieces of plank upon

them, he had a raft strong enough

to bear a moderate weight. Next he

lowered upon it three seamen’s chests,

and filled them with provisions. After

a long search he found the carpenter's

chest, which was a great prize to him. He
lowered it upon the raft, and then secured a
supply of guns and gunpowder. With this cargo he >
started for the shore, and succeeded in landing it safe.

His next work was to view the country, and seek a proper place
to stow his goods. He knew not yet where he was, whether on a
continent or an island. Sceing a hill not over a mile away, very
steep and high, he climbed to the top of it, and discovered that
he was on an island, barren, and probably uninhabited, except by
wild animals. |
When Robinson Crusoe realized the lonely, desperate situation

that he was in, his heart sank, and he almost wished that he had
perished with the others. Butsoon perceiving the ingratitude of
this state of mind, he fell upon his knees to thank God for saving
his life,—his alone among so many,—and a feeling of confidence
arose in his breast that He would still protect him in the midst of
the perils by which he was surrounded.

     
 

    

  

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Every~day for twelve days, he madé-a trip to the vessel, bring-
ing ashore. all that he thought svould: be:useful to him. The night
of the twelfthday there was.a violent wind, and when he awoke in
the morning the ship’was nowhere to be seen.

He then gave his thoughts to providing himself with a safe dwell-
ing-place. Although he had hardly ever handled tools before
in his life, his needs now forced him to find out their use. He set
himself at work to build a hut, or cabin, out of the timbers he had
saved from the wreck. It was a task that took a long time, but
at last, by effort and contrivance, it was finished, and he had a
fairly comfortable house, which he called his castle.

After it was completed, heapplied himself to making other
things that would add to his comfort. First, he made a chair and
a table, with an immense amount of labor, for each board that he
used had to be formed from the trunk of a tree, being hewed flat
on two sides until it wasthin enough. To provide himself with