Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 384
ofthe world we were. Our provisions held out well,our ship was stanch, and our crew all in goodhealth, but we were in great distress for lack ofwater. The wind moderated, and the next day a boyon the topmast discovered land. Soon we were STORIES OF FRIENDLY GIANTS 235 in full view of an island or… … A CAT THREIC TIMES AS BIG AS AX OX.(SEE NEXT PAGE.) armed, in the long-boat, with buckets for water.I asked his leave to go with them, to see thecountry and make what discoveries I could. When we came to land, we saw no river orspring, nor any sign of inhabitants. Our menwandered on the shore,…
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