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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 48
Chapter 48 A gentle wind swelled our sails, and the current carried us rapidly into the open sea. I then seated myself at the helm, and employed the little knowledge I had gained during our voyage from Europe in directing our bark, so that we might avoid the rocks and coral banks that surrounded our…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 47
Chapter 47 We soon arrived at Family Bridge, where I had some hopes of meeting Francis, and perhaps his mother, who was beginning to walk very well; but I was disappointed they were not there. Yet I was not uneasy, for they were neither certain of the hour of our return, nor of the way…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 46
Chapter 46 Whilst we continued to talk and to admire the beauty of the stars, they at length began to fade away before the first light of morning. Ernest returned to us, and we awoke Jack, who had slept uninterruptedly, and was quite unconscious where he was. We returned to the pass, which now, by…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapters 44 & 45
Chapter 44 & 45 Fritz struck his forehead, and, seizing Ernest by the arm “Brother,” said he, “what fools we have been!” Ernest inquired what folly they had been guilty of. “Why did we not,” said Fritz, “when we were working within our grotto, attempt to make the opening on the other side? We should…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 43
Chapter 43 The next and following days were spent in removing our furniture and property, particularly our poultry, which had multiplied greatly. We also constructed a poultry-yard, at a sufficient distance from our house to save our sleep from disturbance, and still so near that we could easily tend them. We made it as a…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 42
Chapter 42 In a few days we completed the Grotto Ernestine. It contained some stalactites; but not so many as our former grotto. We found, however, a beautiful block of salt, which resembled white marble, of which Ernest formed a sort of altar, supported by four pillars, on which he placed a pretty vase of citron-wood,…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 41
Chapter 41 One day, having gone over with my younger sons to weed the garden, and survey our possessions, I perceived that the roof of the gallery wanted a little repair, and called Jack to raise for me the rope ladder which I had brought from Falcon’s Nest, and which had been very useful while…
