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In additional explorations of the island during his recovery from illness, Robinson Crusoe finds more fresh water, tobacco plants, cocoa trees, and wild sugar cane.He discovers a valley where citrus fruits and grapes are plentiful.When he returns, he finds animals have eaten and trod on the lot of them, so he sets up branches where he can hang the grapes to cure in the sun.He gathers some grapes to bring home but must go back for bags to carry them.He sets up a second home here instead, constructing a tent and fence that he will call his bower.

In additional explorations of the island during his recovery from illness, Robinson Crusoe finds more fresh water, tobacco plants, cocoa trees, and wild sugar cane. He discovers a valley where citrus fruits and grapes are plentiful. He gathers some grapes to bring home but must go back for bags to carry them. When he returns, he finds animals have eaten and trod on the lot of them, so he sets up branches where he can hang the grapes to cure in the sun. He considers moving his home into this valley, but it has no view of the sea, which is a problem. He sets up a second home here instead, constructing a tent and fence that he will call his bower. He reflects, with mixed emotions, that he is "king and lord" of everything he surveys.

When the rainy season begins in August, Crusoe is largely confined to his cave, which he continues to expand, and he teaches himself to weave baskets in which to store food. He observes the first anniversary of his landing on September 30, using the day for thanksgiving and prayer. At the end of the rainy season in October, he sows two-thirds of his grain, but this planting is followed by the dry season, so nothing grows. He tries again in the valley right before the rainy season begins a few months later, with more success