Why the father had been so called no one could tell.

The man from whom Major Hope's friend had obtained the pair was a poor, illiterate fisherman, who had never heard of the celebrated "Robinson" in all his life.

All he knew was that Fan had been named after his own wife.

As for Crusoe, he had got him from a friend, who had got him from another friend, whose cousin had received him as a marriage-gift from a friend of _his_; and that each had said to the other that the dog's name was "Crusoe," without reasons being asked or given on either side.

On arriving at New York the major's friend, as we have said, made him a present of the dogs.