Jethou - or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles
Suffling, Ernest R. (Ernest Richard), 1855-1911
English
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JETHOU
OR
CRUSOE LIFE in the CHANNEL ISLES
ILLUSTRATED BY DRAWINGS PREPARED FROM AUTHOR'SOWN SKETCHES
BY
E. R. SUFFLING
Author of "History and Legends of the Broad District,"
"How to Organize a Cruise on the Broads,"
"Afloat in a Gipsy Van," etc.
THIRD EDITION
LONDON
JARROLD & SONS, 10 & 11, WARWICK LANE, E.C.
[All Rights Reserved]
1898
The Island of Jethou
CONTENTS.
- PREFACE.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- CHAPTER I.
- My birth and home—My pretty cousin—Accident to the"Kittywich"—Journey to Guernsey—Pleading to becomea Crusoe—My wish granted—Outfit secured—Sail to Jethou
- CHAPTER II.
- I take possession of the Island—Landing stores—A grandcarousal—Farewell—Alone
- CHAPTER III.
- First thoughts and impressions—A tour of the Island anddescription
- CHAPTER IV.
- Farming operations—I make a plough and a cart—Adonkey hunt—Dumb helpers—My live stock
- CHAPTER V.
- Canoeing—Fish of the place—The ormer and limpet—Acurious fishing adventure—Queer captures from thesea—Rock fish—Construct a fish pond and water-mill
- CHAPTER VI.
- "Flapp," the gull—Surgical operation—The gull who refusedto die—Taxidermy extraordinary—Feathered friends—Snakes
- CHAPTER VII.
- I build a curious "box-boat"—An unpleasant night at sea—MySunday service—The poem, "Alexander Selkirk"—Itsapplicability to my lot
- CHAPTER VIII.
- A trip to St. Sampson's harbour—A horrid porcine murder—Avoyage round Sark—Nearly capsized—Trip roundGuernsey—The pepper-box—Curiosity of tourists
- CHAPTER IX.
- Harvest operations—Explore La Creux Derrible, and nearly lose mylife—Crusoe on crutches—An extraordinary discovery—Kill agrampus—Oil on troubled waters—Make an overflow pump
- CHAPTER X.
- A storm and a wreck—The castaway—Dead—A night ofhorror—The boathouse destroyed—A burial at sea
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