While gerald was living on the irland he learnt a lot about animals .he enjoyed watching the insects and the lizards in their garden he explored the irland and learnt about the fish ,the birds and the plants.he liked spiders and snakes and even had some as pets and he put them in a special room in the house ln this room gerald kept books about plants and animals as well as his collections of birds' eggs and inrects in jars. Gerald didn't go to shool on the island,buy he had lessons with a teacher from England he learnt french, maths and geography he met many people on the island and he learnt Greek he also started to wite a book about his adventures on the island. This is one of his most exaiting adventures.