Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island:, being the story of a gentleman of culture and refinement who suffered shipwreck and saw no human beings other than cruel and savage cannibals for several years ; how he beheld Megatheria alive and made some notes of their habits ; how he became a sacred lunatic ; how he did at last escape in a strange manner from the horror and barbarities of Rampole Island in time to fight in the Great War, and how he afterwards came near returning to that island for ever ; with much amusing and edifying matter concerning manners, customs, beliefs, warfare, crime, and a storm at sea ; concluding with some reflections upon life in general and upon these present times in particular - electronic bk