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be wanted. He put in plenty of all kinds of provisions, plenty of fresh water, and live stock, and abundance of vegetables, and fruits of all kinds. He then placed a captain on board who had never been to sea before, but the owner provided him with a chart, and gave him a com- pass, and very careful instructions about the voyage. He told him that he might sail without any fear about the sea, for there were no sunken rocks. He told him there was one great rocky island, however, which he must beware of. It is surrounded, said the owner, by a danger- ous reef of coral rock, the edges of which
