diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3a774c8..181c8c5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
-  - 9
+  - 10
 cache: yarn
 branches:
   except:
     - /^no-ci.*$/
 script:
-  - yarn test
   - yarn test-coveralls
   - yarn typecheck
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2a15c32..f11b7de 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "build": "./scripts/build.sh",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "test": "TIMEOUT=2000 jest --env=node",
-    "test-coveralls": "TIMEOUT=2000 jest --env=node --coverage --coverageReporters=text-lcov | coveralls"
+    "test-coveralls": "TIMEOUT=2000 jest --env=node --coverage --coverageReporters=text-lcov --forceExit | coveralls"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@ericandrewlewis/bitmap": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/src/list.js b/src/list.js
index c53aa46..0d055da 100644
--- a/src/list.js
+++ b/src/list.js
@@ -373,6 +373,24 @@ function set_tail(xs,x) {
     }
 }
 
+// take(xs, n) puts the first n elements of xs into a list.
+function take(xs, n) {
+    if (n < 0) {
+        throw new Error("take(xs, n) expects a positive integer as " +
+            "argument n, but encountered " + n);
+    }
+    return (n === 0) ? [] : pair(head(xs), take(tail(xs), n - 1));
+}
+
+// drop(xs, n) removes the first n elements from xs and returns the rest (as a list)
+function drop(xs, n) {
+    if (n < 0) {
+        throw new Error("drop(xs, n) expects a positive integer as " +
+            "argument n, but encountered " + n);
+    }
+    return (n === 0) ? xs : drop(tail(xs), n - 1);
+}
+
 global.array_test = array_test;
 global.pair = pair;
 global.is_pair = is_pair;
@@ -399,3 +417,5 @@ global.list_ref = list_ref;
 global.accumulate = accumulate;
 global.set_head = set_head;
 global.set_tail = set_tail;
+global.take = take;
+global.drop = drop;