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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

CHAPTER XVIII--THE SHIP RECOVERED
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five muskets, three fowling-pieces, and three swords.

I had above a barrel and a half of powder left; for after the first year or two I used but little, and wasted none.

I gave them a description of the way I managed the goats, and directions to milk and fatten them, and to make both butter and cheese.

In a word, I gave them every part of my own story; and told them I should prevail with the captain to leave them two barrels of gunpowder more, and some garden-seeds, which I told them I would have been very glad of.

Also, I gave them the bag of peas which the captain had brought me to eat, and bade them be sure to sow and increase them..


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