

PARTY OF CRUSOES ON A DES.


ERT ISLAND.
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Their last improvement was to manu-
cture a sort of wooden trenchcr for
emselves, when they ate comparatively


a style of superior comfort. In the
Sup, they sometimes put elephant skin,
Mich had the appearance of tripe, but in
kite and substance it is described as of a
ore "leathery nature" After dinner,
Sme Of them went again to hunt for
sgrub," some remaining at home, the
iftest runners being chosen to hunt the


Al. At "tca time,'' or dusk, they re-
kncd, and partook Of mess composed
Z penguins' eggs boiled in water. Now
- d then they killed the albatross, which


rather strong bird, and roasted it
\ as the young ones were highly esteem,
and as the mariners daily began to
e their hope Of being delivered, they
Ire afraid to kill the old birds lest they
ould quit the island, and in this fear they
rmitted them to live as stand-by's."
br the same reason they spared the pen
roins which supplied them plentifulIy with
&gs. The young seals were considered


greatest luxury, but they, as we'll as
old ones, were but too scarce, and
eir skins were in high request for
Dthes for, at the end of few months,
Nm their mode of life, their clothes gave
Nv, and indeed, the climate was so cold
"a wet that they were not fit to withstand
inclemency of the weather. The
Zen set to work and made themselves
bthes of the seal-skin, some using the
ir inwards. They made needle out


a nail. For shoes they made them
Ives sort of socks or buskins Of the
mc material, and they constructed var-
kinds of caps, which, as their boards
! ere pretty long, by no means tended to
prove their physiognomy.


i've now turn to the history Of the par
or eight men who had gone ashore on


first island in the group, and from
Rich they expected to be taken in the
SSlrse of a week. During the week for
Mich they possessed Il sufliciency of pro-
lions, they pursued the occupation Of
hitting the seals on the low sandy shores
}h inlets, and gathered large quantity
1.-THE skins of these animals to carry with
lem on their return. AT the end of the
wck, however, the smack did not make
IL appearance, which perplexed them not
little, but their distress may be concelv-


when they found portions of the wreck
iven ashore by the waves, giving too
tk,ain evidence of the destruction of their
vesel, and, as they feared, of the loss OF
der comrades. For six weeks they con-
tpucd to watch the horizon, with lin
I cking hope that a sail would present it.
I'll to their anxious gaze, but nothing of


kind appeared, and the party then re,
4 bved to another quarter of the island
pre- productive of animals for subsist-
\ ce. At the spot selected, the eight sea-


n staid during the winter, living on
4 ls and sea-elephants, which they also


pked by means OF the blubber. When


pter had passed away, provisions were


bnd to be scarce, and there was ne


'sity for seeking new quarters. AS the
4 all boat was left to them, they proposed


sail to the island, lying at the distance
A. ten miles, where tho smack had been