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Title: Jethou
or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles

Author: E. R. Suffling

Release Date: January 28, 2006 [eBook #17618]

Language: English

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JETHOU

Or

Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles

Illustrated by Drawings Prepared from Author's Own Sketches

by

E. R. SUFFLING

Author of "History and Legends of the Broad District,"
"How to Organize a Cruise on the Broads,"
"Afloat in a Gipsy Van," etc.

Third Edition

[Illustration: Publisher's logo]

London
Jarrold & Sons, 10 & 11, Warwick Lane, E.C.
[All Rights Reserved]
1898

PREFACE.

As the writer does not pretend to possess what is termed literary style,
he would ask the indulgence of the reader in any little slip of the pen
which may occur in these pages, as it is not every Crusoe who can
command the facile quill, the pure style, or the lively imagination of a
Daniel Defoe, to narrate his adventures.

It must be borne in mind that the island of Juan Fernandez possessed
many natural features, and a far greater area than Jethou can boast of,
and therefore more scope for the development of incidents and
descriptive embellishment.

Doubtless many of the adventures here placed before the public will
appear puny beside the exploits of the original Crusoe; but it must be
taken into consideration that the author does not, like Defoe's hero,
revel in the impossible. At the same time it may be noted that the
adventures detailed are of a sufficiently exciting kind as to be above
any suspicion of dulness.

Juan Fernandez lies about four hundred miles from the nearest la