se and heavy fog.

XIX.

Tom's Devices.--Rising superior to Circumstances.--Roast Clams.--Baked
Lobster.--Boiled Mussels.--Boiled Shrimps.--Roast
Eggs.--Dandelions.--Ditto, with Eggs.--Roast
Dulse.--Strawberries.--Pilot-bread.--Strawberry Cordial.

Meanwhile another day had passed away on Ile Haute.

When we last saw Tom he had succeeded in finding some clams, which he
roasted in front of his fire, and made thus a very acceptable relish.
This not only gratified his palate for the time, but it also stimulated
him to fresh exertions, since it showed him that his resources were
much more extensive than he had supposed them to be. If he had ever
dreaded getting out of all his provisions, he saw now that the fear was
an unfounded one. Here, before his eyes, and close beside his
dwelling-place, there extended a broad field full of food. In that mud
flat there were clams enough to feed him for all the rest of his life,
if that were necessary. But what was more, he saw by this the
possibility that other articles of food might be reckoned on, by means
of which he would be able to relieve his diet from that monotony which
had thus far been its chief characteristic. If he could find something
else besides clams and biscuit, the tedium of his existence here would
be alleviated to a still greater degree.

He spent some time in considering this subject, and in thinking over
all the possible kinds of food which he might hope to obtain. Sea and
land might both be relied on to furnish food for his table in the
desert. The sea, he knew, ought to supply the following:--

1. Clams,
2. Lobsters,
3. Mussels,

in addition to other things which he had in his mind. The land, on the
other hand, ought to furnish something. Now that his attention was
fairly directed to this important subject, he could think of several
things which would be likely to be found even on this island, and the
search for which would afford an agreeable amusement.

The more he thought of all this, the more astonished he was at the
number of things which he could think of as being likely to exist here
around him. It was not so much for the sake of gratifying his
appetite, as to find some occupation, that he now entered eagerly upon
putting this new project into execution. Fish, flesh, and fowl now
offered themselves to his endeavors, and these were to be supplied by
land, sea, and sky. This sudden enlargement of his resources, and als