Three young Crusoes, their life and adventures on an island in the West Indies (1918) (14597911578)

Identifier: threeyoungcruso00murr (find matches)
Title: Three young Crusoes, their life and adventures on an island in the West Indies
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Murrill, William A.
Subjects: Natural history--West Indies.
Publisher: New York city,: W. A. Murrill
Contributing Library: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries with support from LYRASIS and the Sloan Foundation



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ocks overhead ormoved about in the tree-tops in search of food. Atone spot, the ground was covered with the hulls ofsweet cups, the fruits of a kind of passion-flowerwhich the parrots liked very much. Farther on, they heard monkeys chattering, andsaw that they were worried by a number of wildpigs which were eating something under a tree,—probably something the monkeys wanted. Beyondthat, the trail came out on a little clearing filledwith small trees having glossy, green leaves andcoral-red berries. I wonder what these are, saidHenry. They must be something cultivated.On squeezing one of the berries between his fingers,he was surprised to find two green coffee beans withtheir flat sides lying against each other. Nearbywas a hard, level place where the coffee had .beenspread out to dry after it was hulled. Now, Edna can have her coffee, remarkedWilliam, as he began picking the red berries. Iknow how to parch coffee; I used to parch it formother in a frying-pan. A Walk in the Forest 43
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Fig. 14. A bracket fungus whose scientific name, P. igniarius, refersto its use for keeping fire over night. 44 Three Young Crusoes As the path seemed to stop here, the boys thoughtthey had better go back. William had not forgot-ten about the punk, and he found plenty of it in anold hollow log about halfway down the mountain.He also remembered that the negroes in Virginiaused the big, black brackets on locust trees for keep-ing fire over night, so he collected several that lookedlike them and carried them along with him to thehouse. When they passed the monkeys again, they weredown on the ground and the pigs had gone away.I wonder if Edna would like to have a little petmonkey ? said Henry. You mean, another one, said William. After they had told Edna all about their trip andhad presented the coffee berries, which she was de-lighted to get, they asked her if she would like tohave a pet monkey. Yes, she said, for Snow-ball. I think it would be too cute for anything tosee them playing to