Next day he had him out again--and the next--and

the next--and the next again, with the like unfavourable result. In

short,

it seemed at last as if Crusoe's

mind had been deeply imbued with the idea that he

had been born expressly for the purpose of worrying

that mitten, and he meant to fulfil his destiny to the

letter.

Young Varley had taken several small pieces of meat

in his pocket each day, with the intention of rewarding