...of the rainy season; naked and alone; surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage. ... At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...moss, in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to shew from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation;...

...resolution by a desperate measure of which Banks the botanist would have been proud: he inspected a plant. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...moss, in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation;...

...extreme dejection, and his mind gradually required its tone. " I was indeed, a stranger," he thought, " in a strange land; yet I was still under the protecting...reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes...