I pined for the verdure and shade of trees.

Although I had contrived to make for my daughters little hats of a marine rush, they suffered much from the extreme heat,--the burning rays of a tropical sun.

I decided at last to abandon that sandy shore; to penetrate, at all risks, into the country, in order to seek a shady and cooler abode, and to escape from the view of that sea which was so painful to me.

I resolved not to quit the stream which was so precious to us, for, not having any vessel to contain water, I could not carry it with us.

Sophia, who is naturally quick, formed, from a large leaf, a sort of goblet, which served us to drink from; and I filled my pockets with turtles' eggs, as provision for a few days.