He told me there was no danger; no
canoes ever lost; but after a little way out to sea, there was a
current and wind always one way in the morning, the other in the
afternoon. This I understood to be no more than the sets of the
tide, as going out or coming in; but I afterward understood it
was occasioned by the great draft and reflux of the mighty river
Oroonoko, in the mouth of which river, as I thought afterwards,
our island lay; and that this land which I perceived to the
W.S.W. was the great island Trinidad."
I like your GREAT ROUND WORLD, Mr. Editor, but I like
Robinson Crusoe, too. I like to know just where he was cast
away, and hope if I am right you will tell other boys who read
"Robinson Crusoe" the true place, where Daniel Defoe describes
poor Crusoe as living all those weary years.
EDGAR B.
Aged twelve years.
CHICAGO, ILL.
MY DEAR YOUNG FRIEND:
After the very careful work you have done on Robinson Crusoe, and the
evident affection you have for him, it seems a shame to have to tell you
that no such person as Crusoe existed.
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