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Penguin Island

BOOK II
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The care-taker showed us a sort of packet bound in straw that he told us contained the skeleton of a dragon; a proof, added he, that the dragon is not a fabulous animal."-- Memoirs of Jacques Casanova, Paris, 1843.
Vol.IV., pp.

404, 405 In the meantime the inhabitants of Alca practised the labours of peace.
Those of the northern coast went in boats to fish or to search for shell-fish.

The labourers of Dombes cultivated oats, rye, and wheat.
The rich Penguins of the valley of Dalles reared domestic animals, while those of the Bay of Divers cultivated their orchards.


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