Pages+152-178

 __Notes for Pages 152-178__ Notes by Zach and Lauren

152-168:


 * 1) R.C. thoroughly explores the island
 * 2) He finds a savanna, but doesn't go further
 * 3) He explores later, and goes far enough to find a fruit infested area
 * 4) Grapes, limes (citrus), lemons, and cocoa beans
 * 5) He lays some grapes out to become raisins
 * 6) R.C. brings home some fruit
 * 7) Debates if he should move his home there
 * 8) Then he decides to make a second hut there
 * 9) A cat that ran away came back with kittens
 * 10) They get annoying
 * 11) R.C. kills them for food
 * 12) Rains hard for a long time
 * 13) he can't leave his cave very often at all
 * 14) shortage of food
 * 15) During the rain, he has time to expand his cave
 * 16) Anniversary of landing
 * 17) R.C. has a religious exercise of a fast
 * 18) He confesses all his sins
 * 19) Starts to mark Sabbath days by making a longer notch
 * 20) Ink starts to fail, so R.C. starts to only right important things in his journal
 * 21) He knows when rainy season is
 * 22) Digs a garden with his spade
 * 23) He puts it in a moist place, because his first corn kernel didn't grow
 * 24) Plant is a success

Vocabulary

Ague- A kind of illness Bower- A leafy shelter Convulsion- An uncontrollable fit Aloes- African plants Render- To cause be or become Enamored- To inspire with love



 169-178:
 * Robinson Crusoe decides to completely explore the other side of the island
 * Captured a parrot to be his pet
 * He finds an abundance of turtles and goats
 * RC can see land about 20-30 leagues away
 * RC sticks a post in the beach where he stops exploring, and turns around to go back home
 * At first, RC decides to take a different route home where he gets lost, turns around, finds his post, and went back home the way he came
 * His dog goes after a kid, and Robinson grabs it, ties it to a rope, and trains it to be tame
 * RC leaves the kid tyed up to a post at his bower
 * RC's kid became tame the week he was starved, and RC takes him home
 * RC starts to read the bible daily
 * RC tries to thank God for bringing him to the island but realizes that he has been praying for deliverance from the island

Vocabulary (I didn't find any vocabulary that I didn't question... I guess I'm just used to reading RC's language.