CHAPTER IV.

89 How he had learned carpentry. 90 He makes a little sledge. 91 He arranges his caverns. 92 His fear of wild beasts. 93 He adapts the ship ladder to a new use. 94 Digs a hole under his window. 95 He now feels safe. 96 On mining. 97 On his familiarity with gunpowder. 98 Removes to the caverns. 99 His encounter with a female antelope. 100 His two new young ones. 101 Absence of men on the island. 102 He amasses fodder and improves two cliff paths. 103 He discovers a palm grove eastward; 104 and a forest glen aloft to N.W. 105 How he brings down fuel and timber. 106 Climate of his island. 107 He rows round to the palm grove. 108 He cuts a young tree for boat oars.