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The Desert Home
Mayne Reid
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“Long before night, we once more yoked to the oxen, and continued our journey, in the hope of reaching some stream or spring. By sunset we had made ten miles farther to the south, but no landmark as yet appeared in sight—nothing to indicate the presence of water. We could see nothing around us but the sterile plain stretching on all sides to the horizon—not even a bush, or rock, or the form of a wild animal, relieved the monotonous expanse. We were as much alone, as if we had been in an open boat in the middle of the ocean!
“We began to grow alarmed, and to hesitate. Should we go back? No, that would never do. Even had the prospect at the end of a backward journey been more cheering, we felt uncertain whether we might be able to reach the stream we had just left. We should surely reach water as soon by keeping forward; and with this thought we travelled on throug. . . Read More
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ENGLISH: The original title of this book was "The desert home." The Spanish translation I read had a different title, adapted from "Robinson Crusoe" and "The Swiss Family Robinson," based on the conversion of the family name Robinson into a common name referring to all those who find themselves in a