And what a sweet smell!" And he drew in a long breath of satisfaction.
"It is certainly a lazy man's paradise," re-turned Sam.

"A fellow need do next to nothing to feed and clothe himself here, and a house isn't absolutely necessary excepting when it storms real hard." On this island they found numerous land crabs, some as large as their two hands, and many fierce-looking spiders, with long, hairy legs and bulging eyes.

Ants were also numerous, and in one spot they located fifteen anthills, each as large as a big beehive.

Insects of all sorts were numerous, and they had to continually slap at a specimen of red fly that annoyed them greatly.
"How those ants would like to get at our provisions," said Tom.

"We can be thankful that we didn't locate here.