The Boy Scout Crusoes; A Tale of the South Seas

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... ship whether it was worth while to bother with this little case when going merely for a day's outing. But one never knows how suddenly accident or sickness may come, especially in hot countries, and, remembering the Scout motto, Be Prepared, he had slipped the little box into his knapsack. He had had use for the antiseptic on several occasions, and now he was glad indeed to have the fever medicine. xvin HAROLD'S FEVER FOR more than a week Harold was seriously ill, with fever running high every night and leaving him very weak. For the first two days he was unable to eat anything. What to give him was a problem, for their fare was not of a sort to tempt an invalid or be easily digested by him. A little pigeon broth with the fat carefully skimmed off, and bits of sago cake toasted brown were all he was able to take while the fever lasted. By giving him regular doses of fever medicine and sponging his head and body frequently Dr. Cameron held his temperature down as well as he could. He felt the lack of ice, but the boys were willing, no matter how many times a day he asked them, to bring fresh water from the stream. Morning and evening they brought fresh ferns for his couch and were ready and eager to do everything possible for his comfort. On the eighth day the fever left him, but it was another week before he was able to get around much. During this time no explorations or long expeditions were undertaken, for the Doctor could not leave Harold and did not like to have the other boys go very far away, especially into unexplored places, without him. There was plenty to do to keep them busy and the weather was very hot so no one grumbled about this except Dick, who was impatient to explore every nook and corner of the island. The longest trips...