10-+The+Journal

[|Spark Notes]

Important Key Points:


 * R.C. Narrates all happenings from earlier in the book
 * R.C. And his dog do a lot of hunting together
 * He didn't like his finished table but couldn't fix it either
 * After more rain, R. C. separates gun powder into even more piles
 * He digs even further into rock for more room
 * He really wants a pickaxe, a shovel, and a wheelbarrow
 * He found an iron tree (is what the people in Brazil called it)
 * He spent eighteen full days digging in his cave and making things with his tools
 * Kitchen, Dining Room, Cellar etc.
 * The cave fell on him one day and he had to dig all over again
 * R.C. Found a goat and tamed it
 * He spent from Jan 3rd to April 14 on a wall
 * R.C. Made a lamp out of the tallow form the goat he killed
 * One day He found barley and 12 grains of corn and started growing grain (he was quite astonished at this)
 * All his food didn't grow the first season because it was during the dry season and it was too hot
 * Also found 12 stalks of rice

Thanks to Taite for these notes!