I have to roll my eyes at some of the things in the book. As a graduate of AF Survival School, I've spent days trying to find something other than bugs to eat. These folks just stumble into lobsters, potatoes, wild birds, turtle eggs, coconuts, and pineapples. Everything they find is ripe.
He seemed to be hungry while writing that book! They ate like kings! I cold just picture this shut in Swiss guy at the turn of the century, dreaming of his warm tropical paradise. I believe he also roped ostriches from the island and used them as horses. It’s soooo funny.
We had to reread the parts about the snake slithering upright like a human several times to gales of laughter each time!