As soon as we were up and had breakfasted, the next room-
ing, I assembled all the members of my family together, to take
with them a solemn farewell of this our first place of reception
from the awful disaster of the shipwreck. I confess that for
my own part I could not leave it without regret ; it was a place
of greater safety than we were likely again to meet with ; it was
also nearer to the vessel. I thought it right to represent
strongly to my sons the danger of exposing themselves, as they
had done the evening before, along the river.—" We are now
going," continued I, " to inhabit an unknown spot, which is not
so well protected by nature as that we are leaving : we are unac- quainted both with the soil and its inhabitants, whether human
creatures or beasts ; much caution is therefore necessary, and
take care not to remain separate from each other." #audiobook #kidsstories AcreSoft Story Classic