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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Robinson Crusoe
+In Words of One Syllable
+by Mary Godolphin
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+Title: Robinson Crusoe
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+Author: Mary Godolphin
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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ROBINSON CRUSOE/ONE SYLLABLE ***
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+This eBook was produced by Bruce W. Miller
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+ROBINSON CRUSOE.
+
+IN WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE.
+
+BY MARY GODOLPHIN
+
+
+
+
+PREFACE.
+
+
+The production of a book which is adapted to the use of the
+youngest readers needs but few words of excuse or apology. The
+nature of the work seems to be sufficiently explained by the
+title itself, and the author's task has been chiefly to reduce
+the ordinary language into words of one syllable. But although,
+as far as the subject matter is concerned, the book can lay no
+claims to originality, it is believed that the idea and scope of
+its construction are entirely novel, for the One Syllable
+literature of the present day furnishes little more than a few
+short, unconnected sentences, and those chiefly in spelling
+books.
+
+The deep interest which De Foe's story has never failed to arouse
+in the minds of the young, induces the author to hope that it may
+be acceptable in its present form.
+
+It should be stated that exceptions to the rule of using words of
+one syllable exclusively have been made in the case of the proper
+names of the boy Xury and of the man Friday, and in the titles of
+the illustrations that accompany this work.
+
+
+
+
+ROBINSON CRUSOE.
+
+IN WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE.
+
+
+I was born at York on the first of March in the sixth year of the
+reign of King Charles the First. From the time when I was quite a
+young child, I had felt a great wish to spend my life at sea, and
+as I grew, so did this taste grow more and more strong; till at
+last I broke loose from my school and home, and found my way on
+foot to Hull, where I soon got a place on board a ship.
+
+When we had set sail but a few days, a squall of wind came on,
+and on the fifth night we sprang a leak. All hands were sent to
+the pumps, but we felt the ship groan in all her planks, and her
+beams quake from stem to stern; so that it was soon quite clear
+there was no hope for her, and that all we could do was to save
+our lives.
+
+The first thing was to fire off guns, to show that we were in
+need of help, and at length a ship, which lay not far from us,
+sent a boat to our aid. But the sea was too rough for it to lie
+near our ship's side, so we threw out a rope, which the men in
+the boat caught, and made fast, and by this means we all got in.
+Still in so wild a sea it was in vain to try to get on board the
+ship which had sent out the men, or to use our oars in the boat,
+and all we could do was to let it drive to shore.
+
+In the space of half an hour our own ship struck on a rock and
+went down, and we saw her no more. We made but slow way to the
+land, which we caught sight of now and then when the boat rose
+to the top of some high wave, and there we saw men who ran in
+crowds, to and fro, all bent on one thing, and that was to save
+us.
+
+At last to our great joy we got on shore, where we had the luck
+to meet with friends who gave us the means to get back to Hull;
+and if I had now had the good sense to go home, it would have
+been well for me.
+
+The man whose ship had gone down said with a grave look, "Young
+lad, you ought to go to sea no more, it is not the kind, of life
+for you." "Why Sir, will you go to sea no more then?"  "That is
+not the same kind of thing; I was bred to the sea, but you were
+not, and came on board my ship just to find out what a life at
+sea was like, and you may guess what you will come to if you do
+not go back to your home. God will not bless you, and it may be
+that you have brought all this woe on us."
+
+I spoke not a word more to him; which way he went I knew not, nor
+did I care to know, for I was hurt at this rude speech. Shall I
+go home thought I, or shall I go to sea? Shame kept me from home,
+and I could not make up my mind what course of life to take.
+
+As it has been my fate through life to choose for the worst, so I
+did now. I had gold in my purse, and good clothes on my back, and
+to sea I went once more.
+
+But I had worse luck this time than the last, for when we were
+far out at sea, some Turks in a small ship came on our track in
+full chase. We set as much sail as our yards would bear, so as to
+get clear from them. But in spite of this, we saw our foes gain
+on us, and we felt sure that they would come up with our ship in
+a few hours' time.
+
+At last they caught us, but we brought our guns to bear on them,
+which made them shear off for a time, yet they kept up a fire at
+us as long as they were in range. The next time the Turks came
+up, some of their men got on board our ship, and set to work to
+cut the sails, and do us all kinds of harm. So, as ten of our men
+lay dead, and most of the rest had wounds, we gave in.
+
+The chief of the Turks took me as his prize to a port which was
+held by the Moors. He did not use me so ill as at first I thought
+he would have done, but he set me to work with the rest of his
+slaves. This was a change in my life which I did not think had
+been in store for me. How my heart sank with grief at the thought
+of those whom I had left at home, nay, to whom I had not had the
+grace so much as to say "Good bye" when I went to sea, nor to
+give a hint of what I meant to do!
+
+Yet all that I went through at this time was but a taste of the
+toils and cares which it has since been my lot to bear.
+
+I thought at first that the Turk might take me with him when next
+he went to sea, and so I should find some way to get free; but
+the hope did not last long, for at such times he left me on shore
+to see to his crops. This kind of life I led for two years, and
+as the Turk knew and saw more of me, he made me more and more
+free. He went out in his boat once or twice a week to catch a
+kind of flat fish, and now and then he took me and a boy with
+him, for we were quick at this kind of sport, and he grew quite
+fond of me.
+
+One day the Turk sent me in the boat to catch some fish, with no
+one else but a man and a boy. While we were out so thick a fog
+came on that though we were out not half a mile from the shore,
+we quite lost sight of it for twelve hours; and when the sun rose
+the next day, our boat was at least ten miles out at sea. The
+wind blew fresh, and we were all much in want of food, but at
+last, with the help of our oars and sail, we got back safe to
+land.
+
+When the Turk heard how we had lost our way, he said that the
+next time he went out, he would take a boat that would hold all
+we could want if we were kept out at sea. So he had quite a state
+room built in the long boat of his ship, as well as a room for us
+slaves. One day he sent me to trim the boat, as he had two
+friends who would go in it to fish with him. But when the time
+came they did not go, so he sent me with the man and the
+boy--whose name was Xury--to catch some fish for the guests that
+were to sup with him.
+
+Now the thought struck me all at once that this would be a good
+chance to set off with the boat, and get free. So in the first
+place, I took all the food that I could lay my hands on, and I
+told the man that it would be too bold of us to eat of the bread
+that had been put in the boat for the Turk. He said he thought so
+too, and he brought down a small sack of rice and some rusks.
+
+While the man was on shore I put up some wine, a large lump of
+wax, a saw, an axe, a spade, some rope, and all sorts of things
+that might be of use to us.  I knew where the Turk's case of wine
+was, and I put that in the boat while the man was on shore. By
+one more trick I got all that I had need of. I said to the boy,
+"the Turk's guns are in the boat, but there is no shot. Do you
+think you could get some? You know where it is kept, and we may
+want to shoot a fowl or two."  So he brought a case and a pouch
+which held all that we could want for the guns. These I put in
+the boat, and then set sail out of the port to fish.
+
+The wind blew, from the North, or North West, which was a bad
+wind for me; for had it been South I could have made for the
+coast of Spain. But, blow which way it might, my mind was made up
+to get off, and to leave the rest to fate. I then let down my
+lines to fish, but I took care to have bad sport; and when the
+fish bit, I would not pull them up, for the Moor was not to see
+them. I said to him, "This will not do, we shall catch no fish
+here, we ought to sail on a bit." Well, the Moor thought there
+was no harm in this. He set the sails, and, as the helm was in my
+hands, I ran the boat out a mile or more, and then brought her
+to, as if I meant to fish.
+
+Now, thought I, the time has come for me to get free! I gave the
+helm to the boy, and then took the Moor round the waist, and
+threw him out of the boat.
+
+Down he went! but soon rose up, for he swam like a duck. He said
+he would go all round the world with me, if I would but take him
+in.
+
+I had some fear lest he should climb up the boat's side, and
+force his way back; so I brought my gun to point at him, and
+said, "You can swim to land with ease if you choose, make haste
+then to get there; but if you come near the boat you shall have a
+shot through the head, for I mean to be a free man from this
+hour."
+
+He then swam for the shore, and no doubt got safe there, as the
+sea was so calm.
+
+At first I thought I would take the Moor with me, and let Xury
+swim to land; but the Moor was not a man that I could trust. When
+he was gone I said to Xury, "If you will swear to be true to me,
+you shall be a great man in time; if not, I must throw you out of
+the boat too."
+
+The poor boy gave me such a sweet smile as he swore to be true to
+me, that I could not find it in my heart to doubt him.
+
+While the man was still in view (for he was on his way to the
+land), we stood out to sea with the boat, so that he and those
+that saw us from the shore might think we had gone to the
+straits' mouth, for no one went to the South coast, as a tribe of
+men dwelt there who were known to kill and eat their foes.
+
+We then bent our course to the East, so as to keep in with the
+shore; and as we had a fair wind and a smooth sea, by the next
+day at noon, we were not less than 150 miles out of the reach of
+the Turk.
+
+I had still some fear lest I should be caught by the Moors, so I
+would not go on shore in the day time. But when it grew dark we
+made our way to the coast, and came to the mouth of a stream,
+from which we thought we could swim to land, and then look round
+us. But as soon as it was quite dark we heard strange sounds--
+barks, roars, grunts, and howls. The poor lad said he could
+not go on shore till dawn. "Well," said I, "then we must give
+it up, but it may be that in the day time we shall be seen
+by men, who for all we know would do us more harm than wild
+beasts." "Then we give them the shoot gun," said Xury with a
+laugh, "and make them run away." I was glad to see so much mirth
+in the boy, and gave him some bread and rice.
+
+We lay still at night, but did not sleep long, for in a few
+hours' time some huge beasts came down to the sea to bathe. The
+poor boy shook from head to foot at the sight. One of these
+beasts came near our boat, and though it was too dark to see him
+well, we heard him puff and blow, and knew that he must be a
+large one by the noise he made. At last the brute came as near to
+the boat as two oars' length, so I shot at him, and he swam to
+the shore.
+
+The roar and cries set up by beasts and birds at the noise of my
+gun would seem to show that we had made a bad choice of a place
+to land on; but be that as it would, to shore we had to go to
+find some fresh spring, so that we might fill our casks. Xury
+said if I would let him go with one of the jars, he would find
+out if the springs were fit to drink; and, if they were sweet, he
+would bring the jar back full. "Why should you go?" said I; "Why
+should not I go, and you stay in the boat?" At this Xury said,
+"if wild mans come they eat me, you go way." I could not but love
+the lad for this kind speech. "Well," said I, "we will both go,
+and if the wild men come we must kill them, they shall not eat
+you or me."
+
+I gave Xury some rum from the Turk's case to cheer him up, and we
+went on shore. The boy went off with his gun, full a mile from
+the spot where we stood, and came back with a hare that he had
+shot, which we were glad to cook and eat; but the good news which
+he brought was that he had found a spring, and had seen no wild
+men.
+
+I made a guess that the Cape de Verd Isles were not far off, for
+I saw the top of the Great Peak, which I knew was near them. My
+one hope was that if I kept near the coast, I should find some
+ship that would take us on board; and then, and not till then,
+should I feel a free man. In a word, I put the whole of my fate
+on this chance, that I must meet with some ship, or die.
+
+On the coast we saw some men who stood to look at us. They were
+black, and wore no clothes. I would have gone on shore to them,
+but Xury--who knew best--said, "Not you go! Not you go!" So I
+brought the boat as near the land as I could, that I might talk
+to them, and they kept up with me a long way. I saw that one of
+them had a lance in his hand.
+
+I made signs that they should bring me some food, and they on
+their part made signs for me to stop my boat. So I let down the
+top of my sail, and lay by, while two of them ran off; and in
+less than half an hour they came back with some dry meat and a
+sort of corn which is grown in this part of the world. This we
+should have been glad to get, but knew not how to do so; for we
+durst not go on shore to them, nor did they dare to come to us.
+At last they took a safe way for us all, for they brought the food
+to the shore, where they set it, down, and then went a long way
+off while we took it in. We made signs to show our thanks, for we
+had not a thing that we could spare to give them.
+
+But as good luck would have it, we were at  hand to take a great
+prize for them; for two wild beasts, of the same kind as the
+first I spoke of, came in, full chase from the hills down to the
+sea.
+
+They swam as if they had come for sport. The men flew from them
+in fear, all but the one  who held the lance. One of these beasts
+came near our boat; so I lay in wait for him with my gun; and as
+soon as the brute was in range, I shot him through the head.
+Twice he sank down in the sea, and twice he came up; and then
+just swam to the land, where he fell down dead. The men were in
+as much fear at the sound of my gun, as they had been at the
+sight of the beasts. But when I made signs for them to come to
+the shore, they took heart, and came.
+
+They at once made for their prize; and by the help of a rope,
+which they slung round him, they brought him safe on the beach.
+
+We now left our wild men, and went on and on, for twelve days
+more. The land in front of us ran out four or five miles, like a
+bill; and we had to keep some way from the coast, to make this
+point, so that we lost sight of the shore.
+
+I gave the helm to Xury and sat down to think what would be my
+best course to take: when all at once I heard the lad cry out "A
+ship with a sail! A ship with a sail!" He did not show much joy
+at the sight, for he thought that this ship had been sent out to
+take him back: but I knew well, from the look of her, that she
+was not one of the Turk's.
+
+I made all the sail I could to come in the ship's way, and told
+Xury to fire a gun, in the hope that if those on deck could not
+hear the sound, they might see the smoke. This they did see, and
+then let down their sails so that we might come up to them, and
+in three hours time we were at the ship's side. The men spoke to
+us in French, but I could not make out what they meant. At last a
+Scot on board said in my own tongue, "Who are you? Whence do you
+come?" I told him in a few words how I had got free from the
+Moors.
+
+Then the man who had charge of the ship bade me come on board,
+and took me in with Xury and all my goods. I told him that he
+might take all I had, but he said "You shall have your goods back
+when we come to land, for I have but done for you what you would
+have done for me, had I been in the same plight."
+
+He gave me a good round sum for my boat, and said that I should
+have the same sum for Xury, if I would part with him. But I told
+him that as it was by the boy's help that I had got free, I was
+loath to sell him. He said it was just and right in me to feel
+thus, but at the same time, if I could make up my mind to part
+with him, he should be set free in two years' time. So, as the
+poor slave had a wish to go with him, I did not say "no." I got
+to All Saints' Bay in three weeks, and was now a free man.
+
+I had made a good sum by all my store, and with this I went on
+land. But I did not at all know what to do next. At length I met
+with a man whose case was much the same as my own, and we both
+took some land to farm. My stock, like his, was low, but we made
+our farms serve to keep us in food, though not more than that. We
+both stood in need of help, and I saw now that I had done wrong
+to part with my boy.
+
+I did not at all like this kind of life. What! thought I, have I
+come all this way to do that which I could have done as well at
+home with my friends round me! And to add to my grief, the kind
+friend, who had brought me here in his ship, now meant to leave
+these shores.
+
+On my first start to sea when a boy, I had put a small sum in the
+hands of an aunt, and this my friend said I should do well to
+spend on my farm. So when he got home he sent some of it in cash,
+and laid out the rest in cloth, stuffs, baize, and such like
+goods. My aunt had put a few pounds in my friend's hands as a
+gift to him, to show her thanks for all that he had done for me,
+and with this sum he was so kind as to buy me a slave. In the
+mean time I had bought a slave, so now I had two, and all went on
+well for the next year.
+
+But soon my plans grew too large for my means. One day some men
+came to ask me to take charge of a slave ship to be sent out by
+them. They said they would give me a share in the slaves, and pay
+the cost of the stock. This would have been a good thing for me
+if I had not had farms and land; but it was wild and rash to
+think of it now, for I had made a large sum, and ought to have
+gone on in the same way for three or four years more. Well, I
+told these men that I would go with all my heart, if they would
+look to my farm in the mean time, which they said they would do.
+
+So I made my will, and went on board this ship on the same day on
+which, eight years since, I had left Hull. She had six guns,
+twelve men, and a boy. We took with us saws, chains, toys, beads,
+bits of glass, and such like ware, to suit the taste of those
+with whom we had to trade.
+
+We were not more than twelve days from the Line, when a high wind
+took us off we knew not where. All at once there was a cry of
+"Land!" and the ship struck on a bank of sand, in which she sank
+so deep that we could not get her off. At last we found that we
+must make up our minds to leave her, and get to shore as well as
+we could. There had been a boat at her stern, but we found it
+had been torn off by the force of the waves. One small boat was
+still left on the ship's side, so we got in it.
+
+There we were all of us on the wild sea. The heart of each now
+grew faint, our cheeks were pale, and our eyes were dim, for
+there was but one hope, and that was to find some bay, and so get
+in the lee of the land. We now gave up our whole souls to God.
+
+The sea grew more and more rough, and its white foam would curl
+and boil. At last the waves, in their wild sport, burst on the
+boat's side, and we were all thrown out.
+
+I could swim well, but the force of the waves made me lose my
+breath too much to do so. At length one large wave took me to the
+shore, and left me high and dry, though half dead with fear. I
+got on my feet and made the best of my way for the land; but just
+then the curve of a huge wave rose up as high as a hill, and this
+I had no strength to keep from, so it took me back to the sea. I
+did my best to float on the top, and held my breath to do so. The
+next wave was quite as high, and shut me up in its bulk. I held
+my hands down tight to my side, and then my head shot out at the
+top of the waves. This gave me heart and breath too, and soon my
+feet felt the ground.
+
+I stood quite still for a short time, to let the sea run back
+from me, and then I set off with all my might to the shore, but
+yet the waves caught me, and twice more did they take me back,
+and twice more land me on the shore. I thought the last wave
+would have been the death of me, for it drove me on a piece of
+rock, and with such force, as to leave me in a kind of swoon,
+which, thank God, did not last long. At length, to my great joy,
+I got up to the cliffs close to the shore, where I found some
+grass, out of the reach of the sea. There, I sat down, safe on
+land at last.
+
+I could but cry out in the words of the Psalm, "They that go down
+to the sea in ships, these men see the works of the Lord in the
+deep. For at His word the storms rise, the winds blow, and lift
+up the waves; then do they mount to the sky, and from thence go
+down to the deep. My soul faints, I reel to and fro, and am at my
+wit's end: then the Lord brings me out of all my fears."
+
+I felt so wrapt in joy, that all I could do was to walk up and
+down the coast, now lift up my hands, now fold them on my breast,
+and thank God for all that He had done for me, when the rest of
+the men were lost. All lost but I, and I was safe! I now cast my
+eyes round me, to find out what kind of a place it was that I had
+been thus thrown in, like a bird in a storm. Then all the glee I
+felt at first left me; for I was wet and cold, and had no dry
+clothes to put on, no food to eat and not a friend to help me.
+
+There were wild beasts here, but I had no gun to shoot them with,
+or to keep me from their jaws. I had but a knife and a pipe. It
+now grew dark; and where was I to go for the night? I thought the
+top of some high tree would be a good place to keep me out of
+harm's way; and that there I might sit and think of death, for,
+as yet, I had no hopes of life. Well, I went to my tree, and made
+a kind of nest to sleep in. Then I cut a stick to keep off the
+beasts of prey, in case they should come, and fell to sleep just
+as if the branch I lay on had been a bed of down.
+
+When I woke up it was broad day; the sky too was clear and the
+sea calm. But I saw from the top of the tree that in the night
+the ship had left the bank of sand, and lay but a mile from me;
+while the boat was on the beach, two miles on my right. I went
+some way down by the shore, to get to the boat; but an arm of the
+sea, half a mile broad, kept me from it. At noon, the tide went a
+long way out, so that I could get near the ship; and here I found
+that if we had but made up our minds to stay on board, we should
+all have been safe.
+
+I shed tears at the thought, for I could not help it; yet, as
+there was no use in that, it struck me that the best thing for me
+to do was to swim to the ship. I soon threw off my clothes, took
+to the sea, and swam up to the wreck. But how was I to get on
+deck? I had swam twice round the ship, when a piece of rope,
+caught my eye, which hung down from her side so low, that at
+first the waves hid it. By the help of this rope I got on board.
+I found that there was a bulge in the ship, and that she had
+sprung a leak. You may be sure that my first thought was to look
+round for some food, and I soon made my way to the bin, where the
+bread was kept, and ate some of it as I went to and fro, for
+there was no time to lose. There was, too, some rum, of which I
+took a good draught, and this gave me heart. What I stood most in
+need of, was a boat to take the goods to shore. But it was vain
+to wish for that which could not be had; and as there were some
+spare yards in the ship, two or three large planks of wood, and a
+spare mast or two, I fell to work with these, to make a raft.
+
+I put four spars side by side, and laid short bits of plank on
+them, cross ways, to make my raft strong. Though these planks
+would bear my own weight, they were too slight to bear much of my
+freight. So I took a saw which was on board, and cut a mast in
+three lengths, and these gave great strength to the raft. I found
+some bread and rice, a Dutch cheese, and some dry goat's flesh.
+There had been some wheat, but the rats had got at it, and it was
+all gone.
+
+My next task was to screen my goods from the spray of the sea;
+and it did not take me long to do this, for there were three
+large chests on board which held all, and these I put on the
+raft. When the high tide came up it took off my coat and shirt,
+which I had left on the shore; but there were some fresh clothes
+in the ship.
+
+"See here is a prize!" said I, out loud, (though there were none
+to hear me), "now I shall not starve." For I found four large
+guns. But how was my raft to be got to land? I had no sail, no
+oars; and a gust of wind would make all my store slide off. Yet
+there were three things which I was glad of; a calm sea, a tide
+which set in to the shore, and a slight breeze to blow me there.
+
+I had the good luck to find some oars in a part of the ship, in
+which I had made no search till now. With these I put to sea, and
+for half a mile my raft went well; but soon I found it drove to
+one side. At length I saw a creek, to which, with some toil, I
+took my raft; and now the beach was so near, that I felt my oar
+touch the ground.
+
+Here I had well nigh lost my freight, for the shore lay on a
+slope, so that there was no place to land on, save where one end
+of the raft would lie so high, and one end so low, that all my
+goods would fall off. To wait till the tide came up was all that
+could be done. So when the sea was a foot deep, I thrust the raft
+on a flat piece of ground, to moor her there, and stuck my two
+oars in the sand, one on each side of the raft. Thus I let her
+lie till the ebb of the tide, and when it went down, she was left
+safe on land with all her freight.
+
+I saw that there were birds on the isle, and I shot one of them.
+Mine must have been the first gun that had been heard there since
+the world was made; for at the sound of it, whole flocks of birds
+flew up, with loud cries, from all parts of the wood. The shape
+of the beak of the one I shot was like that of a hawk, but the
+claws were not so large.
+
+I now went back to my raft to land my stores, and this took up
+the rest of the day. What to do at night I knew not, nor where to
+find a safe place to land my stores on. I did not like to lie
+down on the ground, for fear of beasts of prey, as well as
+snakes, but there was no cause for these fears, as I have since
+found. I put the chests and boards round me as well as I could,
+and made a kind of hut for the night.
+
+As there was still a great store of things left in the ship,
+which would be of use to me, I thought that I ought to bring them
+to land at once; for I knew that the first storm would break up
+the ship. So I went on board, and took good care this time not to
+load my raft too much.
+
+The first thing, I sought for was the tool chest; and in it were
+some bags of nails, spikes, saws, knives, and such things: but
+best of all I found a stone to grind my tools on. There were two
+or three flasks, some large bags of shot, and a roll of lead; but
+this last I had not the strength to hoist up to the ship's side,
+so as to get it on my raft. There were some spare sails too which
+I brought to shore.
+
+I had some fear lest my stores might be run off with by beasts of
+prey, if not by men; but I found all safe and sound when I went
+back, and no one had come there but a wild cat, which sat on one
+of the chests. When I came up I held my gun at her, but as she
+did not know what a gun was, this did not rouse her. She ate a
+piece of dry goat's flesh, and then took her leave.
+
+Now that I had two freights of goods at hand, I made a tent with
+the ship's sails, to stow them in, and cut the poles for it from
+the wood. I now took all the things out of the casks and chests,
+and put the casks in piles round the tent, to give it strength;
+and when this was done, I shut up the door with the boards,
+spread one of the beds (which I had brought from the ship) on the
+ground, laid two guns close to my head, and went to bed for the
+first time. I slept all night, for I was much in need of rest.
+
+The next day I was sad and sick at heart, for I felt how dull it
+was to be thus cut off from all the rest of the world. I had no
+great wish for work: but there was too much to be done for me to
+dwell long on my sad lot. Each day as it came, I went off to the
+wreck to fetch more things; and I brought back as much as the
+raft would hold. One day I had put too great a load on the raft,
+which made it sink down on one side, so that the goods were lost
+in the sea; but at this I did not fret, as the chief part of the
+freight was some rope, which would not have been of much use to
+me.
+
+The twelve days that I had been in the isle were spent in this
+way, and I had brought to land all that one pair of hands could
+lift; though if the sea had been still calm, I might have brought
+the whole ship, piece by piece.
+
+The last time I swam to the wreck, the wind blew so hard, that I
+made up my mind to go on board next time at low tide. I found
+some tea and some gold coin; but as to the gold, it made me laugh
+to look at it. "O drug!" said I, "Thou art of no use to me! I
+care not to save thee. Stay where thou art, till the ship go
+down, then go thou with it!"
+
+Still, I thought I might as well just take it; so I put it in a
+piece of the sail, and threw it on deck that I might place it on
+the raft. Bye-and-bye, the wind blew from the shore, so I had to
+swim back with all speed; for I knew that at the turn of the
+tide, I should find it hard work to get to land at all. But in
+spite of the high wind, I came to my home all safe. At dawn of
+day I put my head out, and cast my eyes on the sea. When lo! no
+ship was there!
+
+This change in the face of things, and the loss of such a friend,
+quite struck me down. Yet I was glad to think that I had brought
+to shore all that could be of use to me. I had now to look out
+for some spot where I could make my home. Half way up a hill
+there was a small plain, four or five score feet long, and twice
+as broad; and as it had a full view of the sea, I thought that
+it would be a good place for my house.
+
+I first dug a trench round a space which took in twelve yards;
+and in this I drove two rows of stakes, till they stood firm like
+piles, five and a half feet from the ground. I made the stakes
+close and tight with bits of rope; and put small sticks on the
+top of them in the shape of spikes. This made so strong a fence
+that no man or beast could get in.
+
+The door of my house was on the top, and I had to climb up to it
+by steps, which I took in with me, so that no one else might come
+up by the same way. Close to the back of the house stood a high
+rock, in which I made a cave, and laid all the earth that I had
+dug out of it round my house, to the height of a foot and a half.
+I had to go out once a day in search of food. The first time, I
+saw some goats, but they were too shy and swift of foot, to let
+me get near them.
+
+At last I lay in wait for them close to their own haunts. If they
+saw me in the vale, though they might be on high ground, they
+would run off, wild with fear; but if they were in the vale, and
+I on high ground, they took no heed of me. The first goat I shot
+had a kid by her side, and when the old one fell, the kid stood
+near her, till I took her off on my back, and then the young one
+ran by my side. I put down the goat, and brought the kid home to
+tame it; but as it was too young to feed, I had to kill it.
+
+At first I thought that, for the lack of pen and ink, I should
+lose all note of time; so I made a large post, in the shape of a
+cross, on which I cut these words, "I came on these shores on the
+8th day of June, in the year 1659" On the side of this post I
+made a notch each day as it came, and this I kept up till the
+last.
+
+I have not yet said a word of my four pets, which were two cats,
+a dog, and a bird. You may guess how fond I was of them, for they
+were all the friends left to me. I brought the dog and two cats
+from the ship. The dog would fetch things for me at all times,
+and by his bark, his whine, his growl, and his tricks, he would
+all but talk to me; yet he could not give me thought for thought.
+
+If I could but have had some one near me to find fault with, or
+to find fault with me, what a treat it would have been! Now that
+I had brought ink from the ship, I wrote down a sketch of each
+day as it came; not so much to leave to those who might read it,
+when I was dead and gone, as to get rid of my own thoughts, and
+draw me from the fears which all day long dwelt on my mind, till
+my head would ache with the weight of them.
+
+I was a long way out of the course of ships: and oh, how dull it
+was to be cast on this lone spot with no one to love, no one to
+make me laugh, no one to make me weep, no one to make me think.
+It was dull to roam, day by day, from the wood to the shore; and
+from the shore back to the wood, and feed on my own thoughts all
+the while.
+
+So much for the sad view of my case; but like most things it had
+a bright side as well as a dark one. For here was I safe on land,
+while all the rest of the ship's crew were lost. Well, thought I,
+God who shapes our ways, and led me by the hand then, can save me
+from this state now, or send some one to be with me; true, I am
+cast on a rough and rude part of the globe, but there are no
+beasts of prey on it to kill or hurt me. God has sent the ship so
+near to me, that I have got from it all things to meet my wants
+for the rest of my days. Let life be what it may, there is sure
+to be much to thank God for; and I soon gave up all dull
+thoughts, and did not so much as look out for a sail.
+
+My goods from the wreck had been in the cave for more than ten
+months; and it was time now to put them right, as they took up
+all the space, and left me no room to turn in: so I made my small
+cave a large one, and dug it out a long way back in the sand
+rock. Then I brought the mouth of it up to the fence, and so made
+a back way to my house. This done, I put shelves on each side, to
+hold my goods, which made my cave look like a shop full of
+stores. To make these shelves I cut down a tree, and with the
+help of a saw, an axe, a plane, and some more tools, I made
+boards.
+
+A chair, and a desk to write on, came next. I rose in good time,
+and set to work till noon, then I ate my meal, then I went out
+with my gun, and to work once more till the sun had set; and then
+to bed. It took me more than a week to change the shape and size
+of my cave, but I had made it far too large; for in course of
+time the earth fell in from the roof; and had I been in it, when
+this took place, I should have lost my life. I had now to set up
+posts in my cave, with planks on the top of them, so as to make a
+roof of wood.
+
+One day, when out with my gun, I shot a wild cat, the skin of
+which made me a cap; and I found some birds of the dove tribe,
+which built their nests in the holes of rocks.
+
+I had to go to bed at dusk, till I made a lamp of goat's fat,
+which I put in a clay dish; and this, with a piece of hemp for a
+wick, made a good light. As I had found a use for the bag which
+had held the fowl's food on board ship, I shook out from it the
+husks of corn. This was just at the time when the great rains
+fell, and in the course of a month, blades of rice, corn, and
+rye, sprang up. As time went by, and the grain was ripe, I kept
+it, and took care to sow it each year; but I could not boast of a
+crop of wheat, as will be shown bye-and-bye, for three years.
+
+A thing now took place on the isle, which no one could have
+dreamt of, and which struck me down with fear. It was this--the
+ground shook with great force, which threw down earth from the
+rock with a loud crash--once more there was a shock--and now the
+earth fell from the roof of my cave. The sea did not look the
+same as it had done, for the shocks were just as strong there as
+on land. The sway of the earth made me feel sick; and there was a
+noise and a roar all around me. The same kind of shock came a
+third time; and when it had gone off, I sat quite still on the
+ground, for I knew not what to do. Then the clouds grew dark, the
+wind rose, trees were torn up by the roots, the sea was a mass of
+foam and froth, and a great part of the isle was laid waste with
+the storm. I thought that the world had come to an end. In three
+hours' time all was calm; but rain fell all that night, and a
+great part of the next day. Now, though quite worn out, I had to
+move my goods which were in the cave, to some safe place.
+
+I knew that tools would be my first want, and that I should have
+to grind mine on the stone, as they were blunt and worn with use.
+But as it took both hands to hold the tool, I could not turn the
+stone; so I made a wheel by which I could move it with my foot.
+This was no small task, but I took great pains with it, and at
+length it was done.
+
+The rain fell for some days and a cold chill came on me; in short
+I was ill. I had pains in my head, and could get no sleep at
+night, and my thoughts were wild and strange. At one time I shook
+with cold, and then a hot fit came on, with faint sweats, which
+would last six hours at a time. Ill as I was, I had to go out
+with my gun to get food. I shot a goat, but it was a great toil
+to bring it home, and still more to cook it.
+
+I spent the next day in bed, and felt half dead from thirst, yet
+too weak to stand up to get some drink. I lay and wept like a
+child. "Lord look on me! Lord look on me!" would I cry for hours.
+
+At last the fit left me, and I slept, and did not wake till dawn.
+I dreamt that I lay on the ground, and saw a man come down from a
+great black cloud in a flame of light. When he stood on the
+earth, it shook as it had done a few days since; and all the
+world to me was full of fire. He came up and said "As I see that
+all these things have not brought thee to pray, now thou shalt
+die." Then I woke, and found it was a dream. Weak and faint, I
+was in dread all day lest my fit should come on.
+
+Too ill to get out with my gun, I sat on the shore to think, and
+thus ran my thoughts: "What is this sea which is all round me?
+and whence is it? There can be no doubt that the hand that made
+it, made the air, the earth, the sky. And who is that? It is God
+who hath made all things. Well then, if God hath made all things,
+it must be He who guides them; and if so, no one thing in the
+whole range of His works can take place, and He not know it. Then
+God must know how sick and sad I am, and He wills me to be here.
+O, why hath God done this to me!"
+
+Then some voice would seem to say, "Dost thou ask why God hath
+done this to thee? Ask why thou wert not shot by the Moors, who
+came on board the ship, and took the lives of thy mates. Ask why
+thou wert not torn by the beasts of prey on the coasts. Ask why
+thou didst not go down in the deep sea with the rest of the crew,
+but didst come to this isle, and art safe."
+
+A sound sleep then fell on me, and when I woke it must have been
+three o'clock the next day, by the rays of the sun: nay, it may
+have been more than that; for I think that this must have been
+the day that I did not mark on my post, as I have since found
+that there was one notch too few.
+
+I now took from my store the Book of God's Word, which I had
+brought from the wreck, not one page, of which I had yet read. My
+eyes fell on five words, that would seem to have been put there
+for my good at this time; so well did they cheer my faint hopes,
+and touch the true source of my fears. They were these: "I will
+not leave thee." And they have dwelt in my heart to this day. I
+laid down the book, to pray. My cry was "O, Lord, help me to love
+and learn thy ways."
+
+This was the first time in all my life that I had felt a sense
+that God was near, and heard me. As for my dull life here, it was
+not worth a thought; for now a new strength had come to me; and
+there was a change in my griefs, as well as in my joys.
+
+I had now been in the isle twelve months, and I thought it was
+time to go all round it, in search of its woods, springs, and
+creeks. So I set off, and brought back with me limes and grapes
+in their prime, large and ripe. I had hung the grapes in the sun
+to dry, and in a few days' time went to fetch them, that I might
+lay up a store. The vale, on the banks of which they grew, was
+fresh and green, and a clear, bright stream ran through it, which
+gave so great a charm to the spot, as to make me wish to live
+there.
+
+But there was no view of the sea from this vale, while from my
+house, no ships could come on my side of the isle, and not be
+seen by me; yet the cool, soft banks were so sweet and new to me
+that much of my time was spent there.
+
+In the first of the three years in which I had grown corn, I had
+sown it too late; in the next, it was spoilt by the drought; but
+the third years' crop had sprung up well.
+
+I found that the hares would lie in it night and day, for which
+there was no cure but to plant a thick hedge all round it; and
+this took me more than three weeks to do. I shot the hares in the
+day time; and when it grew dark, I made fast the dog's chain to
+the gate, and there he stood to bark all night.
+
+In a short time the corn grew strong, and at last ripe but, just
+as the hares had hurt it in the blade, so now the birds ate it in
+the ear. At the noise of my gun, whole flocks of them would fly
+up; and at this rate I saw that there would be no corn left; so I
+made up my mind to keep a look out night and day. I hid by the
+side of a hedge, and could see the birds sit on the trees and
+watch, and then come down, one by one, at first. Now each grain
+of wheat was, as it were, a small loaf of bread to me. So the
+great thing was to get rid of these birds. My plan was this, I
+shot three, and hung them up, like thieves, to scare all that
+came to the corn; and from this time, as long as the dead ones
+hung there, not a bird came near. When the corn was ripe, I made
+a scythe out of the swords from the ship, and got in my crop.
+
+Few of us think of the cost at which a loaf of bread is made. Of
+course, there was no plough here to turn up the earth, and no
+spade to dig it with, so I made one with wood; but this was soon
+worn out, and for want of a rake, I made use of the bough of a
+tree. When I had got the corn home, I had to thrash it, part the
+grain from the chaff, and store it up. Then came the want of a
+mill to grind it, of sieves to clean it, and of yeast to make
+bread of it.
+
+Still, my bread was made, though I had no tools; and no one could
+say that I did not earn it, by the sweat of my brow. When the
+rain kept me in doors, it was good fun to teach my pet bird Poll
+to talk; but so mute were all things round me, that the sound of
+my own voice made me start.
+
+My chief wants now were jars, pots, cups, and plates, but I knew
+not how I could make them. At last I went in search of some clay,
+and found some a mile from my house; but it was quite a joke to
+see the queer shapes and forms that I made out of it. For some of
+my pots and jars were too weak to bear their own weight; and they
+would fall out here, and in there, in all sorts of ways; while
+some, when they were put in the sun to bake, would crack with the
+heat of its rays. You may guess what my joy was when at last a
+pot was made which would stand the heat of the fire, so that I
+could boil the meat for broth.
+
+The next thing to be made was a sieve, to part the grain from the
+husks. Goat's hair was of no use to me, as I could not weave or
+spin; so I made a shift for two years with a thin kind of stuff,
+which I had brought from the ship. But to grind the corn with the
+stones was the worst of all, such hard work did I find it. To
+bake the bread I burnt some wood down to an ash, which I threw on
+the hearth to heat it, and then set my loaves on the hearth, and
+in this way my bread was made.
+
+The next thing to turn my thoughts to was the ship's boat, which
+lay on the high ridge of sand, where it had been thrust by the
+storm which had cast me on these shores. But it lay with the keel
+to the sky, so I had to dig the sand from it, and turn it up with
+the help of a pole. When I had done this I found it was all in
+vain, for I had not the strength to launch it. So all I could do
+now, was to make a boat of less size out of a tree; and I found
+one that was just fit for it, which grew not far from the shore,
+but I could no more stir this than I could the ship's boat. What
+was to be done? I first dug the ground flat and smooth all the
+way from the boat to the sea, so as to let it slide down; but
+this plan did not turn out well, so I thought I would try a new
+way, which was to make a trench, so as to bring the sea up to the
+boat, as the boat could not be brought to the sea. But to do
+this, I must have dug down to a great depth, which would take one
+man some years to do. And when too late, I found it was not wise
+to work out a scheme, till I had first thought of the cost and
+toil.
+
+"Well," thought I, "I must give up the boat, and with it all my
+hopes to leave the isle. But I have this to think of: I am lord
+of the whole isle; in fact, a king. I have wood with which I
+might build a fleet, and grapes, if not corn, to freight it with,
+though all my wealth is but a few gold coins." For these I had no
+sort of use, and could have found it in my heart to give them all
+for a peck of peas and some ink, which last I stood much in need
+of. But it was best to dwell more on what I had, than on what I
+had not.
+
+I now must needs try once more to build a boat, but this time it
+was to have a mast, for which the ship's sails would be of great
+use. I made a deck at each end, to keep out the spray of the sea,
+a bin for my food, and a rest for my gun, with a flap to screen
+it from the wet. More than all, the boat was one of such a size
+that I could launch it.
+
+My first cruise was up and down the creek, but soon I got bold,
+and made the whole round of my isle. I took with me bread, cakes,
+and a pot full of rice, some rum, half a goat, two great coats,
+one of which was to lie on, and one to put on at night. I set
+sail in the sixth year of my reign. On the East side of the isle,
+there was a large ridge of rocks, which lay two miles from the
+shore; and a shoal of sand lay for half a mile from the rocks to
+the beach. To get round to this point, I had to sail a great way
+out to sea; and here I all but lost my life.
+
+But I got back to my home at last. On my way there, quite worn
+out with the toils of the boat, I lay down in the shade to rest
+my limbs, and slept. But judge, if you can, what a start I gave,
+when a voice woke me out of my sleep, and spoke my name three
+times! A voice in this wild place! To call me by name, too! Then
+the voice said, "Where are you? Where have you been? How came you
+here?" But now I saw it all; for at the top of the hedge sat
+Poll, who did but say the words she had been taught by me.
+
+I now went in search of some goats, and laid snares for them,
+with rice for a bait I had set the traps in the night, and found
+they had all stood, though the bait was gone. So I thought of a
+new way to take them, which was to make a pit and lay sticks and
+grass on it, so as to hide it; and in this way I caught an old
+goat and some kids. But the old goat was much too fierce for me,
+so I let him go. I brought all the young ones home, and let them
+fast a long time, till at last they fed from my hand, and were
+quite tame. I kept them in a kind of park, in which there were
+trees to screen them from the sun. At first my park was three
+miles round; but it struck me that, in so great a space, the kids
+would soon get as wild as if they had the range of the whole
+vale, and that it would be as well to give them less room; so I
+had to make a hedge which took me three months to plant. My park
+held a flock of twelve goats, and in two years more there were
+more than two score.
+
+My dog sat at meals with me, and one cat on each side of me, on
+stools, and we had Poll to talk to us. Now for a word or two as
+to the dress in which I made a tour round the isle. I could but
+think how droll it would look in the streets of the town in which
+I was born. I wore a high cap of goat's skin, with a flap that
+hung, down, to keep the sun and rain from my neck, a coat made
+from the skin of a goat too, the skirts of which came down to my
+hips, and the same on my legs, with no shoes, but flaps of the
+fur round my shins. I had a broad belt of the same round my
+waist, which drew on with two thongs; and from it, on my right
+side, hung a saw and an axe; and on my left side a pouch for the
+shot. My beard had not been cut since I came here. But no more
+need be said of my looks, for there were few to see me. A strange
+sight was now in store for me, which was to change the whole
+course of my life in the isle.
+
+One day at noon, while on a stroll down to a part of the shore
+that was new to me, what should I see on the sand but the print
+of a man's foot! I felt as if I was bound by a spell, and could
+not stir from, the spot.
+
+Bye-and-bye, I stole a look round me, but no one was in sight,
+What could this mean? I went three or four times to look at it.
+There it was--the print of a man's foot; toes, heel, and all the
+parts of a foot. How could it have come there?
+
+My head swam with fear; and as I left the spot, I made two or
+three steps, and then took a look round me; then two steps more,
+and did the same thing. I took fright at the stump of an old
+tree, and ran to my house, as if for my life. How could aught in
+the shape of a man come to that shore, and I not know it? Where
+was the ship that brought him? Then a vague dread took hold of my
+mind, that some man, or set of men, had found me out; and it
+might be, that they meant to kill me, or rob me of all I had.
+
+How strange a thing is the life of man! One day we love that
+which the next day we hate. One day we seek what the next day we
+shun. One day we long for the thing which the next day we fear;
+and so we go on. Now, from the time that I was cast on this isle,
+my great source of grief was that I should be thus cut off from
+the rest of my race. Why, then, should the thought that a man
+might be near give me all this pain? Nay, why should the mere
+sight of the print of a man's foot, make me quake with fear? It
+seems most strange; yet not more strange than true.
+
+Once it struck me that it might be the print of my own foot, when
+first the storm cast me on these shores. Could I have come this
+way from the boat? Should it in truth turn out to be the print of
+my own foot, I should be like a boy who tells of a ghost, and
+feels more fright at his own tale, than those do whom he meant to
+scare.
+
+Fear kept me in-doors for three days, till the want of food drove
+me out. At last I was so bold as to go down to the coast to look
+once more at the print of the foot, to see if it was the same
+shape as my own. I found it was not so large by a great deal; so
+it was clear there were men in the isle. Just at this time my
+good watch dog fell down dead at my feet. He was old and worn
+out, and in him I lost my best guard and friend.
+
+One day as I went from the hill to the coast, a scene lay in
+front of me which made me sick at heart. The spot was spread with
+the bones of men. There was a round place dug in the earth, where
+a fire had been made, and here some men had come to feast. Now
+that I had seen this sight, I knew not how to act; I kept close
+to my home, and would scarce stir from it, save to milk my flock
+of goats.
+
+To feel safe was now more to me than to be well fed; and I did
+not care to drive a nail, or chop a stick of wood, lest the sound
+of it should be heard, much less would I fire a gun. As to my
+bread and meat, I had to bake it at night when the smoke could
+not be seen. But I soon found the way to burn wood with turf at
+the top of it, which made it like chark, or dry coal; and this I
+could use by day, as it had no smoke.
+
+I found in the wood where I went to get the sticks for my fire, a
+cave so large that I could stand in it; but I made more haste to
+get out, than in; for two large eyes, as bright as stars, shone
+out from it with a fierce glare. I took a torch, and went to see
+what they could be, and found that there was no cause for fear;
+for the eyes were those of an old gray goat, which had gone there
+to die of old age. I gave him a push, to try to get him out of
+the cave, but he could not rise from the ground where he lay; so
+I left him there to die, as I could not save his life.
+
+I found the width of the cave was twelve feet; but part of it,
+near the end, was so low that I had to creep on my hands and feet
+to go in. What the length of it was I could not tell, for my
+light went out, and I had to give up my search. The next day, I
+went to the cave with large lights made of goat's fat; and when I
+got to the end, I found that the roof rose to two score feet or
+more.
+
+As my lights shone on the walls and roof of the cave, a sight
+burst on my view, the charms of which no tongue could tell; for
+the walls shone like stars. What was in the rock to cause this it
+was hard to say; they might be gems, or bright stones, or gold.
+But let them be what they may, this cave was a mine of wealth to
+me; for at such time as I felt dull or sad, the bright scene
+would flash on my mind's eye, and fill it with joy.
+
+A score of years had gone by, with no new sight to rest my eyes
+on, till this scene burst on them. I felt as if I should like to
+spend the rest of my life here; and at its close, lie down to die
+in this cave, like the old goat.
+
+As I went home I was struck by the sight of some smoke, which
+came from a fire no more than two miles off. From this time I
+lost all my peace of mind. Day and night a dread would haunt me,
+that the men who had made this fire would find me out. I went
+home and drew up my steps, but first I made all things round me
+look wild and rude. To load my gun was the next thing to do, and
+I thought it would be best to stay at home and hide.
+
+But this was not to be borne long. I had no spy to send out and
+all I could do was to get to the top of the hill, and keep a good
+look out. At last, through my glass, I could see a group of wild
+men join in a dance round their fire. As soon a they had left, I
+took two guns, and slung a sword on my side; then with all speed,
+I set off to the top of the hill, once more to have a good view.
+
+This time I made up my mind to go up to the men, but not with a
+view to kill them, for I felt that it would be wrong to do so.
+With such a load of arms, it took me two hours to reach the spot
+where the fire was; and by the time I got there, the men had all
+gone; but I saw them in four boats out at sea.
+
+Down on the shore, there was a proof of what the work of these
+men had been. The signs of their feast made me sick at heart, and
+I shut my eyes. I durst not fire my gun when I went out for food
+on that side the isle, lest there should be some of the men left,
+who might hear it, and so find me out. This state of things went
+on for a year and three months, and for all that time I saw no
+more men.
+
+On the twelfth of May, a great storm of wind blew all day and
+night. As it was dark, I sat in my house; and in the midst of the
+gale, I heard a gun fire! My guess was that it must have been
+from some ship cast on shore by the storm. So I set a light to
+some wood on top of the hill, that those in the ship, if ship it
+should be, might know that some one was there to aid them. I then
+heard two more guns fire. When it was light, I went to the South
+side of the isle, and there lay the wreck of a ship, cast on the
+rocks in the night by the storm. She was too far off for me to
+see if there were men on board.
+
+Words could not tell how much I did long to bring but one of the
+ship's crew to the shore! So strong was my wish to save the life
+of those on board, that I could have laid down my own life to do
+so. There are some springs in the heart which, when hope stirs
+them, drive the soul on with such a force, that to lose all
+chance of the thing one hopes for, would seem to make one mad;
+and thus was it with me.
+
+Now, I thought, was the time to use my boat; so I set to work at
+once to fit it out. I took on board some rum (of which I still
+had a good deal left), some dry grapes, a bag of rice, some
+goat's milk, and cheese, and then put out to sea. A dread came on
+me at the thought of the risk I had run on the same rocks; but my
+heart did not quite fail me, though I knew that, as my boat was
+small, if a gale of wind should spring up, all would be lost.
+Then I found that I must go back to the shore till the tide
+should turn, and the ebb come on.
+
+I made up my mind to go out the next day with the high tide, so I
+slept that night in my boat. At dawn I set out to sea, and in
+less than two hours I came up to the wreck. What a scene was
+there! The ship had struck on two rocks. The stern was torn by
+the force of the waves, the masts were swept off, ropes and
+chains lay strewn on the deck, and all was wrapt in gloom. As I
+came up to the wreck, a dog swam to me with a yelp and a whine.
+I took him on board my boat, and when I gave him some bread he
+ate it like a wolf, and as to drink, he would have burst, if I
+had let him take his fill of it.
+
+I went to the cook's room, where I found two men, but they were
+both dead. The tongue was mute, the ear was deaf, the eye was
+shut, and the lip was stiff; still the sad tale was told, for
+each had his arm round his friend's neck, and so they must have
+sat to wait for death. What a change had come on the scene, once
+so wild with the lash of the waves and the roar of the wind! All
+was calm now--death had done its work, and all had felt its
+stroke, save the dog, and he was the one thing that still had
+life.
+
+I thought the ship must have come from Spain, and there was much
+gold on board. I took some of the chests and put them in my boat,
+but did not wait to see what they held, and with this spoil, and
+three casks of rum, I came back.
+
+I found all things at home just as I had left them, my goats, my
+cats, and my bird. The scene in the cook's room was in my mind
+day and night, and to cheer me up I drank some of the rum. I then
+set to work to bring my freight from the shore, where I had left
+it. In the chests were two great bags of gold, and some bars of
+the same, and near these lay three small flasks and three bags of
+shot which were a great prize.
+
+From this time, all went well with me for two years; but it was
+not to last. One day, as I stood on the hill, I saw six boats on
+the shore! What could this mean?
+
+Where were the men who had brought them? And what had they come
+for? I saw through my glass that there were a score and a half,
+at least, on the east side of the isle. They had meat on the
+fire, round which I could see them dance. They then took a man
+from one of the boats, who was bound hand and foot; but when they
+came to loose his bonds, he set off as fast as his feet would
+take him, and in a straight line to my house.
+
+To tell the truth, when I saw all the rest of the men run to
+catch him, my hair stood on end with fright. In the creek, he
+swam like a fish, and the plunge which he took brought him
+through it in a few strokes. All the men now gave up the chase
+but two, and they swam through the creek, but by no means so fast
+as the slave had done. Now, I thought, was the time for me to
+help the poor man, and my heart told me it would be right to do
+so. I ran down my steps with my two guns, and went with all speed
+up the hill, and then down by a short cut to meet them.
+
+I gave a sign to the poor slave to come to me, and at the same
+time went up to meet the two men, who were in chase of him. I
+made a rush at the first of these, to knock him down with the
+stock of my gun, and he fell. I saw the one who was left, aim at
+me with his bow, so, to save my life, I shot him dead.
+
+The smoke and noise from my gun, gave the poor slave who had been
+bound, such a shock, that he stood still on the spot, as if he
+had been in a trance. I gave a loud shout for him to come to me,
+and I took care to show him that I was a friend, and made all the
+signs I could think of to coax him up to me. At length he came,
+knelt down to kiss the ground, and then took hold of my foot, and
+set it on his head. All this meant that he was my slave; and I
+bade him rise, and made much of him.
+
+But there was more work to be done yet; for the man who had had
+the blow from my gun was not dead. I made a sign for my slave (as
+I shall now call him) to look at him. At this he spoke to me, and
+though I could not make out what he said, yet it gave me a shock
+of joy; for it was the first sound of a man's voice that I had
+heard, for all the years I had been on the isle.
+
+The man whom I had struck with the stock of my gun, sat up; and
+my slave, who was in great fear of him, made signs for me to lend
+him my sword, which hung in a belt at my side. With this he ran
+up to the man, and with one stroke cut off his head. When he had
+done this, he brought me back my sword with a laugh, and put it
+down in front of me. I did not like to see the glee with which he
+did it, and I did not feel that my own life was quite safe with
+such a man.
+
+He, in his turn, could but lift up his large brown hands with
+awe, to think that I had put his foe to death, while I stood so
+far from him. But as to the sword, he and the rest of his tribe
+made use of swords of wood, and this was why he knew so well how
+to wield mine. He made signs to me to let him go and see the man
+who had been shot; and he gave him a turn round, first on this
+side, then on that; and when he saw the wound made in his breast
+by the shot, he stood quite, still once more, as if he had lost
+his wits. I made signs for him to come back, for my fears told me
+that the rest of the men might come in search of their friends.
+
+I did not like to take my slave to my house, nor to my cave; so I
+threw down some straw from the rice plant for him to sleep on,
+and gave him some bread and a bunch of dry grapes to eat. He was
+a fine man, with straight strong limbs, tall, and young. His hair
+was thick, like wool, and black. His head was large and high; and
+he had bright black eyes. He was of a dark brown hue; his face
+was round, and his nose small, but not flat; he had a good mouth
+with thin lips, with which he could give a soft smile; and his
+teeth were as white as snow.
+
+I had been to milk my goats in the field close by, and when he
+saw me, he ran to me, and lay down on the ground to show me his
+thanks. He then put his head on the ground, and set my foot on
+his head, as he had done at first. He took all the means he could
+think of, to let me know that he would serve me all his life; and
+I gave a sign to show that I thought well of him. The next thing
+was to think of some name to call him by. I chose that of the
+sixth day of the week (Friday), as he came to me on that day. I
+took care not to lose sight of him all that night, and when the
+sun rose, I made signs for him to come to me, that I might give
+him some clothes, for he wore none. We then went up to the top of
+the hill, to look out for the men; but as we could not see them,
+or their boats, it was clear that they had left the isle.
+
+My slave has since told me that they had had a great fight with
+the tribe that dwelt next to them; and that all those men whom
+each side took in war were their own by right. My slave's foes
+had four who fell to their share, of whom he was one.
+
+I now set to work to make my man a cap of hare's skin, and gave
+him a goat's skin to wear round his waist. It was a great source
+of pride to him, to find that his clothes were as good as my own.
+
+At night, I kept my guns, sword, and bow close to my side; but
+there was no need for this, as my slave was, in sooth, most true
+to me. He did all that he was set to do, with his whole heart in
+the work; and I knew that he would lay down his life to save
+mine. What could a man do more than that? And oh, the joy to have
+him here to cheer me in this lone isle!
+
+I did my best to teach him, so like a child as he was, to do and
+feel all that was right, I found him apt, and full of fun; and he
+took great pains to learn all that I could tell him. Our lives
+ran on in a calm, smooth way; and, but for the vile feasts which
+were held on the shores, I felt no wish to leave the isle.
+
+As my slave had by no means lost his zest for these meals, it
+struck me that the best way to cure him, was to let him taste the
+flesh of beasts; so I took him with me one day to the wood for
+some sport. I saw a she-goat, in the shade, with her two kids. I
+caught Friday by the arm, and made signs to him not to stir, and
+then shot one of the kids; but the noise of the gun gave the poor
+man a great shock. He did not see the kid, nor did he know that
+it was dead. He tore his dress off his breast to feel if there
+was a wound there; then he knelt down to me, and took hold of my
+knees to pray of me not to kill him.
+
+To show poor Friday that his life was quite safe, I led him by
+the hand, and told him to fetch the kid. By and by, I saw a hawk
+in a tree, so I bade him look at the gun, the hawk, and the
+ground; and then I shot the bird. But my poor slave gave still
+more signs of fear this time, than he did at first: for he shook
+from head to foot. He must have thought that some fiend of death
+dwelt in the gun, and I think that he would have knelt down to
+it, as well as to me; but he would not so much as touch the gun
+for some time, though he would speak to it when he thought I was
+not near. Once he told me that what he said to it was to ask it
+not to kill him.
+
+I brought home the bird, and made broth of it. Friday was much
+struck to see me eat salt with it, and made a wry face; but I, in
+my turn, took some that had no salt with it, and I made a wry
+face at that. The next day I gave him a piece of kid's flesh,
+which I had hung by a string in front of the fire to roast. My
+plan was to put two poles, one on each side of the fire, and a
+stick, on the top of them to hold the string. When my slave came
+to taste the flesh, he took the best means to let me know how
+good he thought it.
+
+The next day I set him to beat out and sift some corn. I let him
+see me make the bread, and he soon did all the work. I felt quite
+a love for his true, warm heart, and he soon learnt to talk to
+me. One day I said, "Do the men of your tribe win in fight?" He
+told me, with a smile, that they did. "Well, then," said I, "How
+came they to let their foes take you?"
+
+"They run one, two, three, and make go in the boat that time."
+
+"Well, and what do the men do with those they take?"
+
+"Eat them all up."
+
+This was not good news for me, but I went on, and said, "Where do
+they take them?"
+
+"Go to next place where they think."
+
+"Do they come here?"
+
+"Yes, yes, they come here, come else place too."
+
+"Have you been here with them twice?"
+
+"Yes, come there."
+
+He meant the North West side of the isle, so to this spot I took
+him the next day. He knew the place, and told me he was there
+once with a score of men. To let me know this, he put a score of
+stones all of a row, and made me count them.
+
+"Are not the boats lost on your shore now and then?" He said that
+there was no fear, and that no boats were lost. He told me that
+up a great way by the moon--that is where the moon then came
+up--there dwelt a tribe of white men like me, with beards. I felt
+sure that they must have come from Spain, to work the gold mines.
+I put this to him: "Could I go from this isle and join those
+men?"
+
+"Yes, yes, you may go in two boats."
+
+It was hard to see how one man could go in two boats, but what he
+meant was, a boat twice as large as my own.
+
+One day I said to my slave, "Do you know who made you?"
+
+But he could not tell at all what these words meant. So I said,
+"Do you know who made the sea, the ground we tread on, the hills,
+and woods?" He said it was Beek, whose home was a great way off,
+and that he was so old that the sea and the land were not so old
+as he.
+
+"If this old man has made all things, why do not all things bow
+down to him?"
+
+My slave gave a grave look, and said, "All things say 'O' to
+him."
+
+"Where do the men in your land go when they die?"
+
+"All go to Beek."
+
+I then held my hand up to the sky to point to it, and said, "God
+dwells there. He made the world, and all things in it. The moon
+and the stars are the work of his hand. God sends the wind and
+the rain on the earth, and the streams that flow: He hides the
+face of the sky with clouds, makes the grass to grow for the
+beasts of the field, and herbs for the use of man. God's love
+knows no end. When we pray, He draws near to us and hears us."
+
+It was a real joy to my poor slave to hear me talk of these
+things. He sat still for a long time, then gave a sigh, and told
+me that he would say "O" to Beek no more, for he was but a short
+way off, and yet could not hear, till men went up the hill to
+speak to him.
+
+"Did you go up the hill to speak to him?" said I.
+
+"No, Okes go up to Beek, not young mans."
+
+"What do Okes say to him?"
+
+"They say 'O.'"
+
+Now that I brought my man Friday to know that Beek was not the
+true God, such was the sense he had of my worth, that I had fears
+lest I should stand in the place of Beek. I did my best to call
+forth his faith in Christ, and make it strong and clear, till at
+last--thanks be to the Lord--I brought him to the love of Him,
+with the whole grasp of his soul.
+
+To please my poor slave, I gave him a sketch of my whole life; I
+told him where I was born, and where I spent my days when a
+child. He was glad to hear tales of the land of my birth, and of
+the trade which we keep up, in ships, with all parts of the known
+world. I gave him a knife and a belt, which made him dance with
+joy.
+
+One day as we stood on the top of the hill at the east side of
+the isle, I saw him fix his eyes on the main land, and stand for
+a long time to, gaze at it; then jump and sing, and call out to
+me.
+
+"What do you see?" said I.
+
+"Oh joy!" said he, with a fierce glee in his eyes, "Oh glad! There
+see my land!"
+
+Why did he strain his eyes to stare at this land, as if he had a
+wish to be there? It put fears in my mind which made me feel far,
+less at my ease with him. Thought I, if he should go back to his
+home, he will think no more of what I have taught him, and done
+for him. He will be sure to tell the rest of his tribe all my
+ways, and come back with, it may be, scores of them, and kill me,
+and then dance round me, as they did round the men, the last time
+they came on my isle.
+
+But these were all false fears, though they found a place in my
+mind a long while; and I was not so kind to him now as I had
+been. From this time I made it a rule, day by day, to find out if
+there were grounds for my fears or not. I said, "Do you not wish
+to be once more in your own land?"
+
+"Yes! I be much O glad to be at my own land."
+
+"What would you do there? Would you turn wild, and be as you
+were?"
+
+"No, no, I would tell them to be good, tell them eat bread, corn,
+milk, no eat man more!"
+
+"Why, they would kill you!"
+
+"No, no, they no kill; they love learn."
+
+He then told me that some white men, who had come on their shores
+in a boat, had taught them a great deal.
+
+"Then will you go back to your land with me?"
+
+He said he could not swim so far, so I told him he should help me
+to build a boat to go in. Then he said, "If you go, I go."
+
+"I go? why they would eat me!"
+
+"No, me make them much love you."
+
+Then he told me as well as he could, how kind they had been to
+some white men. I brought out the large boat to hear what he
+thought of it, but he said it was too small. We then went to look
+at the old ship's boat, which, as it had been in the sun for
+years, was not at all in a sound state. The poor man made sure
+that it would do. But how were we to know this? I told him we
+should build a boat as large as that, and that he should go home
+in it. He spoke not a word, but was grave and sad.
+
+"What ails you?" said I.
+
+"Why, you grieve mad with your man?"
+
+"What do you mean? I am not cross with you."
+
+"No cross? no cross with me? Why send your man home to his own
+land, then?"
+
+"Did you not tell me you would like to go back?"
+
+"Yes, yes, we both there; no wish self there, if you not there!"
+
+"And what should I do there?"
+
+"You do great deal much good! you teach wild men be good men; you
+tell them know God, pray God, and lead new life."
+
+We soon set to work to make a boat that would take us both. The
+first thing was to look out for some large trees that grew near
+the shore, so that we could launch our boat when it was made. My
+slave's plan was to burn the wood to make it the right shape; but
+as mine was to hew it, I set him to work with my tools; and in
+two months' time we had made a good strong boat; but it took a
+long while to get her down to the shore.
+
+Friday had the whole charge of her; and, large as she was, he
+made her move with ease, and said, "he thought she go there well,
+though great blow wind!" He did not know that I meant to make a
+mast and sail. I cut down a young fir tree for the mast, and then
+I set to work at the sail. It made me laugh to see my man stand
+and stare, when he came to watch me sail the boat. But he soon
+gave a jump, a laugh, and a clap of the hands when he saw the
+sail jibe and fall, first on this side, then on that.
+
+The next thing to do was to stow our boat up in the creek, where
+we dug a small dock; and when the tide was low, we made a dam, to
+keep out the sea. The time of year had now come for us to set
+sail, so we got out all our stores, to put them in the boat.
+
+One day I sent Friday to the shore, to get a sort of herb that
+grew there. I soon heard him cry out to me, "O grief! O bad! O
+bad! O out there boats, one, two, three!" "Keep a stout heart,"
+said I, to cheer him. The poor man shook with fear; for he
+thought that the men who brought him here, had now come back to
+kill him.
+
+"Can you fight?" said I.
+
+"Me shoot; but me saw three boats; one, two, three!"
+
+"Have no fear; those that we do not kill, will be sure to take
+fright at the sound of our guns. Now will you stand by me, and do
+just as you are bid?"
+
+"Me die when you bid die."
+
+I gave him a good draught of rum; and when he had drunk this, he
+took up an axe and two guns, each of which had a charge of swan
+shot. I took two guns as well, and put large shot in them, and
+then hung my great sword by my side. From the top of the bill, I
+saw with the help of my glass, that the boats had each brought
+eight men, and one slave. They had come on shore near the creek,
+where a grove of young trees grew close down to the sea.
+
+They had with them three slaves, bound hand and foot, and you who
+read this, may guess what they were brought here for. I felt that
+I must try and save them from so hard a fate, and that to do
+this, I should have to put some of their foes to death. So we set
+forth on our way. I gave Friday strict charge to keep close to
+me, and not to fire till I told him to do so.
+
+We went full a mile out of our way, that we might get round to
+the wood to bide there. But we had not gone far, when my old
+qualms came back to me, and I thought, "Is it for me to dip my
+hands in man's blood? Why should I kill those who have done me no
+harm, and mean not to hurt me? Nay, who do not so much as know
+that they are in the wrong, when they hold these feasts. Are not
+their ways a sign that God has left them (with the rest of their
+tribe) to their own dull hearts? God did not call me to be a
+judge for Him. He who said, 'Thou shalt not kill,' said it for
+me, as well as the rest of the world."
+
+A throng of thoughts like these would rush on my mind, as if to
+warn me to pause, till I felt sure that there was more to call me
+to the work than I then knew of. I took my stand in the wood, to
+watch the men at their feast, and then crept on, with Friday
+close at my heels. Thus we went till we came to the skirts of
+the wood. Then I said to. Friday, "Go up to the top of that tree,
+and bring me word if you can see the men."
+
+He went, and quick as thought, came back to say that they were
+all round the fire, and that the man who was bound on the sand
+would be the next they would kill. But when he told me that it
+was a white man, one of my own race, I felt the blood boil in my
+veins. Two of the gang had gone to loose the white man from his
+bonds; so now was the time to fire.
+
+At the sound of our guns, we saw all the men jump up from the
+ground where they sat. It must have been the first gun the I had
+heard in their lives. They knew not which way to look. I now
+threw down my piece, and took up a small gun; Friday did the
+same; and I gave him the word to fire! The men ran right and
+left, with yells and screams.
+
+I now made a rush out of the wood, that they might see me, with
+my man Friday at my heels, of course. We gave a loud shout, and
+ran up to the white man as fast as we could. There he lay on the
+hot sand. I cut the flag, or rush, by which he was bound, but he
+was too weak to stand or speak, so I gave him some rum. He let me
+know by all the signs that he could think of, how much he stood
+in my debt for all that I had done for him.
+
+I said, "We will talk of that bye and bye; but now we must do
+what we can to save our lives." Friday, who was free to go where
+he chose, flew here and there, and put all the men to the rout.
+They fled in full haste to their boats, and were soon out at sea;
+and so we got rid of our foes at last.
+
+The man whom we had found on the sand told us that his name was
+Carl, and that he came from Spain. But there was one more man to
+claim our care; for the black men had left a small boat on the
+sands, and in this I saw a poor wretch who lay half dead. He
+could not so much as look up, so tight was he bound, neck and
+heels. When I cut the bonds from him he gave a deep groan, for he
+thought that all this was but to lead him out to die.
+
+Friday then came up, and I bade him speak to the old man in his
+own tongue, and tell him that he was free. This good news gave
+him strength, and he sat up in the boat. But when Friday came to
+hear him talk, and to look him in the face, it brought the tears
+to my eyes to see him kiss and hug the poor old man, and dance
+round him with joy, then weep, wring his hands, and beat his own
+face and head, and then laugh once more, sing, and leap. For a
+long time he could not speak to me, so as to, let me know what
+all this meant. But at length he told me that he was the son of
+this poor old man, and that his name was Jaf.
+
+It would be a hard task for me to tell of all the quaint, signs
+Friday made to show his joy. He went in and out of the boat five
+or six times, sat down by old Jaf, and held the poor old man's
+head close to his breast to warm it; then he set to work to rub
+his arms and feet, which were cold and stiff from the bonds. I
+told Friday to give him some rum and bread; but he said, "None!
+Bad dog eat all up self." He then ran off straight to the house,
+and took no heed of my calls, but went as swift as a deer.
+
+In an hour's time, he came back with a jug in his hand. The good
+soul had gone all the way to the house, that Jaf might have a
+fresh draught from my well; and with it he brought two cakes,
+one of which I bade him take to Carl, who lay in the shade of a
+tree. His limbs were stiff and cold, and he was too weak to say a
+word.
+
+I set my man to rub his feet with rum, and while he did so, I saw
+Friday turn his head round from time to time, to steal a look at
+the old man. Then we brought Carl and Jaf home from the boat on
+our backs, as they could not walk. The door of my house was at
+the top, and the poor sick men could not climb the steps by which
+I got in, so we made for them a tent of old sails.
+
+I was now a king of these three men, as well as Lord of the isle;
+and I felt proud to say, "They all owe their lives to their king,
+and would lay them down for him if he bade them do so." But I did
+not think that my reign was so soon to come to an end. The next
+thing for us to do was to give Carl and Jaf some food, and to
+kill and roast a kid, to which we all four sat down, and I did my
+best to cheer them.
+
+Carl in a few days grew quite strong, and I set him to work to
+dig some land for seed; for it was clear we should want more corn
+now that we had two more mouths to fill. So we put in the ground
+all the stock of grain I had, and thus we all four had as much
+work as we could do for some time. When the crop grew, and was
+ripe, we found we had a good store of grain.
+
+We made a plan that Carl and Jaf should go back to the main land,
+to try if they could get some of the white men who had been cast
+on shore there, to come and live with us; so they got out the
+boat, and took with them two guns and food for eight days. They
+were to come back in a week's time, and I bade them hang out a
+sign when they came in sight, so that we might know who they
+were.
+
+One day, Friday ran up to me in great glee, and said, "They are
+back!  They are back!" A mile from shore, there was a boat with a
+sail, which stood in for the land; but I knew it could not be the
+one which our two friends had gone out in, for it was on the
+wrong side of the isle for that. I saw too, through my glass, a
+ship out at sea. There were twelve men in the boat, three of whom
+were bound in chains, and four had fire arms.
+
+Bye and bye, I saw one of the men raise his sword to those who
+were in chains, and I felt sure that all was not right. Then I
+saw that the three men who had been bound were set free; and when
+they had come on shore they lay on the ground, in the shade of a
+tree. I was soon at their side, for their looks, so sad and worn,
+brought to my mind the first few hours I had spent in this wild
+spot, where all to me was wrapt in gloom.
+
+I went up to these men, and said:
+
+"Who are you, Sirs?"
+
+They gave a start at my voice and at my strange dress, and made a
+move as if they would fly from me. I said, "Do not fear me, for
+it may be that you have a friend at hand, though you do not think
+it." "He must be sent from the sky then," said one of them with a
+grave look; and he took off his hat to me at the same time. "All
+help is from thence, Sir," I said; "but what can I do to aid you?
+You look as if you had some load of grief on your breast. I saw
+one of the men lift his sword as if to kill you."
+
+The tears ran down the poor man's face, as he said,
+
+"Is this a god, or is it but a man?" "Have no doubt on that
+score, Sir," said I, "for a god would not have come with a dress
+like this. No, do not fear--nor raise your hopes too high; for
+you see but a man, yet one who will do all he can to help you.
+Your speech shows me that you come from the same land as I do. I
+will do all I can to serve you. Tell me your case." "Our case,
+Sir, is too long to you while they who would kill us are so near.
+My name is Paul. To be short, Sir, my crew have thrust me out of
+my ship, which you see out there, and have left me here to die.
+It was as much as I could do to make them sheath their swords,
+which you saw were drawn to slay me. They have set me down in
+this isle with these two men, my friend here, and the ship's
+mate."
+
+"Where have they gone?" said I.
+
+"There, in the wood, close by. I fear they may have seen and
+heard us. If they have, they will be sure to kill us all."
+
+"Have they fire-arms?"
+
+"They have four guns, one of which is in the boat."
+
+"Well then, leave all to me!"
+
+"There are two of the men," said he, "who are worse than the
+rest. All but these I feel sure would go back to work the ship."
+
+I thought it was best to speak out to Paul at once, and I said,
+"Now if I save your life, there are two things which you must
+do." But he read my thoughts, and said, "If you save my life, you
+shall do as you like with me and my ship, and take her where you
+please."
+
+I saw that the two men, in whose charge the boat had been left,
+had come on shore; so the first thing I did was to send Friday to
+fetch from it the oars, the sail, and the gun. And now the ship
+might be said to be in our hands. When the time came for the men
+to go back to the ship, they were in a great rage; for, as the
+boat had now no sail nor oars, they knew not how to get out to
+their ship.
+
+We heard them say that it was a strange sort of isle, for that
+sprites had come to the boat, to take off the sails and oars. We
+could see them run to and fro, with great rage; then go and sit
+in the boat to rest, and then come on shore once more. When they
+drew near to us, Paul and Friday would fain have had me fall on
+them at once. But my wish was to spare them, and kill as few as I
+could. I told two of my men to creep on their hands and feet
+close to the ground, so that they might not be seen, and when
+they got up to the men, not to fire till I gave the word.
+
+They had not stood thus long, when three of the crew came up to
+us. Till now, we had but heard their voice, but when they came so
+near as to be seen, Paul and Friday stood up and shot at them.
+Two of the men fell dead, and they were the worst of the crew,
+and the third ran off. At the sound of the guns I came up, but it
+was so dark that the men could not tell if there were three of us
+or three score.
+
+It fell out just as I could wish, for I heard the men ask, "To
+whom must we yield, and where are they?" Friday told them that
+Paul was there with the king of the isle, who had brought with
+him a crowd of men! At this one of the crew said, "If Paul will
+spare our lives, we will yield."  "Then," said Friday, "you shall
+know the king's will." Then Paul said to them, "You know my
+voice; if you lay down your arms the king will spare your lives!"
+
+They fell on their knees to beg the same of me. I took good care
+that they did not see me, but I gave them my word that they
+should all live, that I should take four of them to work the
+ship, and that the rest would be bound hand and foot, for the
+good faith of the four. This was to show them what a stern king I
+was.
+
+Of course I soon set them free, and I put them in a way to take
+my place on the isle. I told them of all my ways, taught them how
+to mind the goats, how to work the farm, and make the bread. I
+gave them a house to live in, fire arms, tools, and my two tame
+cats, in fact, all but Poll and my gold.
+
+As I sat on the top of the hill, Paul came up to me. He held out
+his hand to point to the ship, and with much warmth took me to
+his arms, and said, "My dear friend, there is your ship! For she
+is all yours, and so are we, and all that is in her."
+
+I cast my eyes to the ship, which rode half a mile off the shore,
+at the mouth of the creek, and near the place where I had brought
+my rafts to the land. Yes, there she stood, the ship that was to
+set me free, and to take me where I might choose to go. She set
+her sails to the wind, and her flags threw out their gay stripes
+in the breeze. Such a sight was too much for me, and I fell down
+faint with joy. Paul then took out a flask which he had brought
+for me, and gave me a dram, which I drank, but for a good while I
+could not speak to him.
+
+Friday and Paul then went on board the ship, and Paul took charge
+of her once more. We did not start that night, but at noon the
+next day I left the isle!
+
+That lone isle, where I had spent so great a part of my life--not
+much less than thrice ten long years.
+
+When I came back to the dear land of my birth, all was strange
+and new to me. I went to my old home at York, but none of my
+friends were there, and to my great grief I saw, on the stone at
+their grave, the sad tale of their death.
+
+As they had thought, of course, that I was dead, they had not
+left me their wealth and lands, so that I stood much in want of
+means, for it was but a small sum that I had brought with me from
+the isle. But in this time of need, I had the luck to find my
+good friend who once took me up at sea. He was now grown too old
+for work, and had put his son in the ship in his place. He did
+not know me at first, but I was soon brought to his mind when I
+told him who I was. I found from him that the land which I had
+bought on my way to the isle was now worth much.
+
+As it was a long way off, I felt no wish to go and live there so
+I made up my mind to sell it, and in the course of a few months,
+I got for it a sum so large as to make me a rich man all at once.
+
+Weeks, months, and years went by; I had a farm, a wife, and two
+sons, and was by no means young; but still I could not get rid of
+a strong wish which dwelt in my thoughts by day and my dreams by
+night, and that was to set foot once more in my old isle.
+
+I had now no need to work for food, or for means of life; all I
+had to do was to teach my boys to be wise and good, to live at my
+ease, and see my wealth grow day by day. Yet the wish to go back
+to my wild haunts clung round me like a cloud, and I could in no
+way drive it from me, so true is it that "what is bred in the
+bone will not come out of the flesh."
+
+At length I lost my wife, which was a great blow to me, and my
+home was now so sad, that I made up my mind to launch out once
+more on the broad sea, and go with my man Friday to that lone
+isle where dwelt all my hopes.
+
+I took with me as large a store of tools, clothes, and such like
+goods as I had room for, and men of skill in all kinds of trades,
+to live in the isle. When we set sail, we had a fair wind for
+some time, but one night the mate, who was at the watch, told me
+he saw a flash of fire, and heard a gun go off. At this we all
+ran on deck, from whence we saw a great light, and as there was
+no land that way, we knew that it must be some ship on fire at
+sea, which could not be far off, for we heard the sound of the
+gun.
+
+The wind was still fair, so we made our way for the point where
+we saw the light, and in half an hour, it was but too plain that
+a large ship was on fire in the midst of the broad sea. I gave
+the word to fire off five guns, and we then lay by, to wait till
+break of day. But in the dead of the night, the ship blew up in
+the air, the flames shot forth, and what there was left of the
+ship sank. We hung out lights, and our guns kept up a fire all
+night long, to let the crew know that there was help at hand.
+
+At eight o'clock the next day we found, by the aid of the glass,
+that two of the ship's boats were out at sea, quite full of men.
+They had seen us, and had done their best to make us see them,
+and in half an hour we came up with them.
+
+It would be a hard task for me to set forth in words the scene
+which took place in my ship, when the poor French folk (for such
+they were) came on board. As to grief and fear, these are soon
+told--sighs, tears, and groans make up the sum of them--but such
+a cause of joy as this was, in sooth, too much for them to bear,
+weak and all but dead as they were.
+
+Some would send up shouts of joy that rent the sky; some would
+cry and wring their hands as if in the depths of grief; some
+would dance, laugh, and sing; not a few were dumb, sick, faint,
+in a swoon, or half mad; and two or three were seen to give
+thanks to God.
+
+In this strange group, there was a young French priest who did
+his best to soothe those round him, and I saw him go up to some
+of the crew, and say to them, "Why do you scream, and tear your
+hair, and wring your hands, my men? Let your joy be free and
+full, give it full range and scope, but leave off this trick of
+the hands, and lift them up in praise; let your voice swell out,
+not in screams, but in hymns of thanks to God, who has brought
+you out of so great a strait, for this will add peace to your
+joy."
+
+The next day, they were all in a right frame of mind, so I gave
+them what stores I could spare, and put them on board a ship that
+we met with on her way to France, all save five who, with the
+priest, had a wish to join me.
+
+But we had not set sail long, when we fell in with a ship that
+had been blown out to sea by a storm, and had lost her masts;
+and, worse than all, her crew had not had an ounce of meat or
+bread for ten days. I gave them all some food, which they ate
+like wolves in the snow, but I thought it best to check them, as
+I had fears that so much all at once would cause the death of
+some of them.
+
+There were a youth and a young girl in the ship who the mate said
+he thought must be dead, but he had not had the heart to go near
+them, for the food was all gone. I found that they were faint for
+the want of it, and as it were in the jaws of death; but in a
+short time they both got well, and as they had no wish to go back
+to their ship, I took them with me. So now I had eight more on
+board my ship, than I had when I first set out.
+
+In three months from the time when I left home, I came in sight
+of my isle, and I brought the ship safe up, by the side of the
+creek, which was near my old house.
+
+I went up to Friday, to ask if he knew where he was. He took a
+look round him, and soon, with a clap of the hands, said "O yes!
+O there! O yes! O there!" Bye and bye, he set up a dance with
+such wild glee, that it was as much as I could do to keep him on
+deck. "Well, what think you, Friday?" said I; "shall we find
+those whom we left still here?--Shall we see poor old Jaf?" He
+stood quite mute for a while, but when I spoke of old Jaf (whose
+son Friday was), the tears ran down his face, and the poor soul
+was as sad as could be. "No, no," said he, "no more, no, no
+more."
+
+As we caught sight of some men at the top of the hill, I gave
+word to fire three guns, to show that we were friends, and soon
+we saw smoke rise from the side of the creek. I then went on
+shore in a boat, with the priest and Friday, and hung out a white
+flag of peace. The first man I cast my eyes on at the creek, was
+my old friend Carl, who, when I was last on the isle, had been
+brought here in bonds.
+
+I gave strict charge to the men in the boat not to go on shore,
+but Friday could not be kept back, for with his quick eye he had
+caught sight of old Jaf. It brought the tears to our eyes to see
+his joy when he met the old man. He gave him a kiss, took him up
+in his arms, set him down in the shade, then stood a short way
+off to look at him, as one would look at a work of art, then felt
+him with his hand, and all this time he was in full talk, and
+told him, one by one, all the strange tales of what he had seen
+since they had last met.
+
+As to my friend Carl, he came up to me, and with much warmth
+shook my hands, and then took me to my old house, which he now
+gave up to me. I could no more have found the place, than if I
+had not been there at all. The rows of trees stood so thick and
+close, that the house could not be got at, save by such blind
+ways as none but those who made them could find out. "Why have
+you built all these forts?" said I. Carl told me that he felt
+sure I should say there was much need of them, when I heard how
+they had spent their time since they had come to the isle.
+
+He brought twelve men to the spot where I stood, and said, "Sir,
+all these men owe their lives to you." Then, one by one, they
+came up to me, not as if they had been the mere crew of a ship,
+but like men of rank who had come to kiss the hand of their king.
+
+The first thing was to bear all that had been done in the isle
+since I had left it. But I must first state that, when we were on
+the point to set sail from the isle, a feud sprang up on board
+our ship, which we could not put down, till we had laid two of
+the men in chains. The next day, these two men stole each of them
+a gun and some small arms, and took the ship's boat, and ran off
+with it to join the three bad men on shore.
+
+As soon as I found this out, I sent the long-boat on shore, with
+twelve men and the mate, and off they went to seek the two who
+had left the ship. But their search was in vain, nor could they
+find one of the rest, for they had all fled to the woods when
+they saw the boat. We had now lost five of the crew, but the
+three first were so much worse than the last two, that in a few
+days they sent them out of doors, and would have no more to do
+with them, nor would they for a long while give them food to eat.
+
+So the two poor men had to live as well as they could by hard
+work, and they set up their tents on the north shore of the isle,
+to be out of the way of the wild men, who were wont to land on
+the east side. Here they built them two huts, one to lodge in,
+and one to lay up their stores in; and the men from Spain gave
+them some corn for seed, as well as some peas which I had left
+them. They soon learned to dig, and plant, and hedge in their
+land, in the mode which I had set for them, and in short, to lead
+good lives, so that I shall now call them the "two good men."
+
+But when the three bad men saw, this, they were full of spite,
+and came one day to tease and vex them. They told them that the
+isle was their own, and that no one else had a right to build on
+it, if they did not pay rent. The two good men thought at first
+that they were in jest, and told them to come and sit down, and
+see what fine homes they had built, and say what rent they would
+ask.
+
+But one of the three said they should soon see that they were not
+in jest, and took a torch in his hand, and put it to the roof of
+the but, and would have set it on fire, had not one of the two
+good men trod the fire out with his feet. The bad man was in such
+a rage at this, that he ran at him with a pole he had in his
+hand, and this brought on a fight, the end of which was that the
+three men had to stand off. But in a short time they came back,
+and trod down the corn, and shot the goats and young kids, which
+the poor men had got to bring up tame for their store.
+
+One day when the two men were out, they came to their home, and
+said, "Ha! there's the nest, but the birds are flown." They then
+set to work to pull down both the huts, and left not a stick, nor
+scarce a sign on the ground to show where the tents had stood.
+They tore up, too, all the goods and stock that they could find,
+and when they had done this, they told it all to the men of
+Spain, and said, "You, sirs, shall have the same sauce, if you do
+not mend your ways."
+
+They then fell to blows and hard words, but Carl had them bound
+in cords, and took their arms from them. The men of Spain then
+said they would do them no harm, and if they would live at peace
+they would help them, and that they should live with them as they
+had done till that time, but they could not give them back their
+arms for three or four months.
+
+One night Carl--whom I shall call "the chief," as he took the
+lead of all the rest--felt a great weight on his mind, and could
+get no sleep, though he was quite well in health. He lay still
+for some time, but as he, did not feel at case, he got up, and
+took a look out. But as it was too dark to see far, and he heard
+no noise, he went back to his bed. Still it was all one, he could
+not sleep; and though he knew not why, his thoughts would give
+him no rest.
+
+He then woke up one of his friends, and told him how it had been
+with him. "Say you so?" said he "What if there should be some bad
+plot at work near us!" They then set off to the top of the hill,
+where I was wont to go, and from thence they saw the light of a
+fire, quite a short way from them, and heard the sounds of men,
+not of one or two, but of a great crowd. We need not doubt that
+the chief and the man with him now ran back at once, to tell all
+the rest what they had seen; and when they heard the news, they
+could not be kept close where they were, but must all run out to
+see how things stood.
+
+At last they thought that the best thing to do would be, while it
+was dark, to send old Jaf out as a spy, to learn who they were,
+and what they meant to do. When the old man had been gone an hour
+or two, he brought word back that he had been in the midst of the
+foes, though they had not seen him, and that they were in two
+sets or tribes who were at war, and had come there to fight. And
+so it was, for in a short time they heard the noise of the fight,
+which went on for two hours, and at the end, with three loud
+shouts or screams, they left the isle in their boats. Thus my
+friends were set free from all their fears, and saw no more of
+their wild foes for some time.
+
+One day a whim took the three bad men that they would go to the
+main land, from whence the wild men came, and try if they could
+not seize some of them, and bring them home as slaves, so as to
+make them do the hard part of their work for them. The chief gave
+them all the arms and stores that they could want, and a large
+boat to go in, but when they bade them "God speed," no one
+thought that they would find their way back to the isle. But lo!
+in three weeks and a day, they did in truth come back. One of the
+two good men was the first to catch sight of them, and tell the
+news to his friends.
+
+The men said that they had found the land in two days, and that
+the wild men gave them roots and fish to eat, and were so kind as
+to bring down eight slaves to take back with them, three of whom
+were men and five were girls. So they gave their good hosts an
+axe, an old key, and a knife, and brought off the slaves in their
+boat to the isle. As the chief and his friends did not care to
+wed the young girls, the five men who had been the crew of Paul's
+ship drew lots for choice, so that each had a wife, and the three
+men slaves were set to work for the two good men, though there
+was not much for them to do.
+
+But one of them ran off to the woods, and they could not hear of
+him more. They had good cause to think that he found his way
+home, as in three or four weeks some wild men came to the isle,
+and when they had had their feast and dance, they went off in two
+days' time. So my friends might well fear that if this slave got
+safe home, he would be sure to tell the wild men that they were
+in the isle, and in what part of it they might be found. And so
+it came to pass, for in less than two months, six boats of wild
+men, with eight or ten men in each boat, came to the north side
+of the isle, where they had not been known to come up to that
+time.
+
+The foe had brought their boats to land, not more than a mile
+from the tent of the two good men, and it was there that the
+slave who had run off had been kept. These men had the good luck
+to see the boats when they were a long way off, so that it took
+them quite an hour from that time to reach the shore.
+
+My friends now had to think how that hour was to be spent. The
+first thing they did was to bind the two slaves that were left,
+and to take their wives, and as much of their stores as they
+could, to some dark place in the woods. They then sent a third
+slave to the chief and his men, to tell them the news, and to ask
+for help.
+
+They had not gone far in the woods, when they saw, to their great
+grief and rage, that their huts were in flames, and that the wild
+men ran to and fro, like beasts in search of prey. But still our
+men went on, and did not halt, till they came to a thick part of
+the wood, where the large trunk of an old tree stood, and in this
+tree they both took their post. But they had not been there long,
+when two of the wild men ran that way, and they saw three more,
+and then five more, who all ran the same way, as if they knew
+where they were.
+
+Our two poor men made up their minds to let the first two pass,
+and then take the three and the five in line, as they came up,
+but to fire at one at a time, as the first shot might chance to
+hit all three.
+
+So the man who was to fire put three or four balls in his gun,
+and from a hole in the tree, took a sure aim, and stood still
+till the three wild men came so near that he could not miss them.
+They soon saw that one of these three was the slave that had fled
+from them, as they both knew him well, and they made up their
+minds that they would kill him, though they should both fire.
+
+At the first shot two of the wild men fell dead, and the third
+had a graze on his arm, and though not much hurt, sat down on the
+ground with loud screams and yells. When the five men who came
+next, heard the sound of the gun and the slave's cries, they
+stood still at first, as if they were struck dumb with fright. So
+our two men both shot off their guns in the midst of them, and
+then ran up and bound them safe with cords.
+
+They then went to the thick part of the wood, where they had put
+their wives and slaves, to see if all were safe there, and to
+their joy they found that though the wild men had been quite near
+them, they had not found them out. While they were here, the
+chief and his men came up, and told them that the rest had gone
+to take care of my old house and grove, in case the troop of wild
+men should spread so far that way.
+
+They then went back to the burnt huts, and when they came in
+sight of the shore, they found that their foes had all gone out
+to sea. So they set to work to build up their huts, and as all
+the men in the isle lent them their aid, they were soon in a way
+to thrive once more. For five or six months they saw no more of
+the wild men. But one day a large fleet of more than a score of
+boats came in sight, full of men who had bows, darts, clubs,
+swords, and such like arms of war, and our friends were all in
+great fear.
+
+As they came at dusk, and at the East side of the isle, our men
+had the whole night to think of what they should do. And as they
+knew that the most safe way was to hide and lie in wait, they
+first of all took down the huts which were built for the two good
+men, and drove their goats to the cave, for they thought the wild
+men would go straight there as soon as it was day, and play the
+old game.
+
+The next day they took up their post with all their force at the
+wood, near the home of the two men, to wait for the foe. They
+gave no guns to the slaves, but each of them had a long staff
+with a spike at the end of it, and by his side an axe. There were
+two of the wives who could not be kept back, but would go out and
+fight with bows and darts.
+
+The wild men came on with a bold and fierce mien, not in a line,
+but all in crowds here and there, to the point were our men lay
+in wait for them. When they were so near as to be in range of the
+guns, our men shot at them right and left with five or six balls
+in each charge. As the foe came up in close crowds, they fell
+dead on all sides, and most of those that they did not kill were
+much hurt, so that great fear and dread came on them all.
+
+Our men then fell on them from three points with the butt end of
+their guns, swords, and staves, and did their work so well that
+the wild men set up a loud shriek, and flew for their lives to
+the woods and hills, with all the speed that fear and swift feet
+could help them to do. As our men did not care to chase them,
+they got to the shore where they had come to land and where the
+boats lay.
+
+But their rout was not yet at an end, for it blew a great storm
+that day from the sea, so that they could not put off. And as the
+storm went on all that night, when the tide came up, the surge of
+the sea drove most of their boats so high on the shore, that they
+could not be got off save with great toil, and the force of the
+waves on the beach broke some of them to bits.
+
+At break of day, our men went forth to find them, and when they
+saw the state of things, they got some dry wood from a dead tree,
+and set their boats on fire. When the foe saw this, they ran all
+through the isle with loud cries, as if they were mad, so that
+our men did not know at first what to do with them, for they trod
+all the corn down with their feet, and tore up the vines just as
+the grapes were ripe, and did a great deal of harm.
+
+At last they brought old Jaf to them, to tell them how kind they
+would be to them, that they would save their lives, and give them
+part of the isle to live in, if they would keep in their own
+bounds, and that they should have corn to plant, and should make
+it grow for their bread. They were but too glad to have such good
+terms of peace, and they soon learnt to make all kinds of work
+with canes, wood, and sticks, such as chairs, stools, and beds,
+and this they did with great skill when they were once taught.
+
+From this time till I came back to the isle my friends saw no
+more wild men. I now told the chief that I had not come to take
+off his men, but to bring more, and to give them all such things
+as they would want to guard their homes from foes, and cheer up
+their hearts.
+
+The next day I made a grand feast for them all, and the ship's
+cook and mate came on shore to dress it. We brought out our
+rounds of salt beef and pork, a bowl of punch, some beer, and
+French wines; and Carl gave the cooks five whole kids to roast,
+three of which were sent to the crew on board ship, that they, on
+their part, might feast on fresh meat from shore.
+
+I gave each of the men a shirt, a coat, a hat, and a pair of
+shoes, and I need not say how glad they were to meet with gifts
+so new to them. Then I brought out the tools, of which each man
+had a spade, a rake, an axe, a crow, a saw, a knife and such like
+things as well as arms, and all that they could want for the use
+of them.
+
+As I saw there was a kind will on all sides, I now took on shore
+the youth and the maid whom we had brought from the ship that we
+met on her way to France. The girl had been well brought up, and
+all the crew had a good word for her. As they both had a wish to
+be left on the isle, I gave them each a plot of ground, on which
+they had tents and barns built.
+
+I had brought out with me five men to live here, one of whom
+could turn his hand to all sorts of things, so I gave him the
+name of "Jack of all Trades."
+
+One day the French priest came to ask if I would leave my man
+Friday here, for through him, he said, he could talk to the black
+men in their own tongue, and teach them the things of God. "Need
+I add," said he, "that it was for this cause that I came here?" I
+felt that I could not part with my man Friday for the whole
+world, so I told the priest that if I could have made up my mind
+to leave him here, I was quite sure that Friday would not part
+from me.
+
+When I had seen that all things were in a good state on the isle,
+I set to work to put my ship to rights, to go home once more. One
+day, as I was on my way to it, the youth whom I had brought from
+the ship that was burnt, came up to me, and said, "Sir, you have
+brought a priest with you, and while you are here, we want him to
+wed two of us."
+
+I made a guess that one of these must be the maid that I had
+brought to the isle, and that it was the wish of the young man to
+make her his wife. I spoke to him with some warmth in my tone,
+and bade him turn it well in his mind first, as the girl was not
+in the same rank of life as he had been brought up in. But he
+said, with a smile, that I had made a wrong guess, for it was
+"Jack of all Trades" that he had come to plead for. It gave me
+great joy to hear this, as the maid was as good a girl as could
+be, and I thought well of Jack; so on that day I gave her to him.
+They were to have a large piece of ground to grow their crops on,
+with a house to live in, and sheds for their goats.
+
+The isle was now set out in this way: all the west end was left
+waste, so that if the wild men should land on it, they might come
+and go, and hurt no one.  My old house I gave to the chief, with
+all its woods, which now spread out as far as the creek, and the
+south end was for the white men and their wives.
+
+It struck me that there was one gift which I had not thought of,
+and that was the book of God's Word, which I knew would give to
+those who could feel the words in it, fresh strength for their
+work, and grace to bear the ills of life.
+
+Now that I had been in the isle quite a month, I once more set
+sail on the fifth day of May; and all my friends told me that
+they should stay there till I came to fetch them.
+
+When we had been out three days, though the sea was smooth and
+calm, we saw that it was quite black on the land side;  and as we
+knew not what to make of it, I sent the chief mate up the main
+mast to find out with his glass what it could be. He said it was
+a fleet of scores and scores of small boats, full of wild men who
+came fast at us with fierce looks.
+
+As soon as we got near them, I gave word to furl all sails and
+stop the ship, and as there was nought to fear from them but
+fire, to get the boats out and man them both well, and so wait
+for them to come up.
+
+In this way we lay by for them, and in a short time they came up
+with us; but as I thought they would try to row round and so
+close us in, I told the men in the boats not to let them come too
+near. This, though we did not mean it, brought us to a fight with
+them, and they shot a cloud of darts at our boats. We did not
+fire at them, yet in half an hour they went back out to sea, and
+then came straight to us, till we were so near that they could
+hear us speak.
+
+I bade my men keep close, so as to be safe from their darts if
+they should shoot, and get out the guns. I then sent Friday on
+deck, to call out to them in their own tongue and ask what they
+meant. It may be that they did not know what he said, but as soon
+as he spoke to them I heard him cry out that they would shoot.
+This was too true, for they let fly a thick cloud of darts, and
+to my great grief poor Friday fell dead, for there was no one
+else in their sight. He was shot with three darts, and three more
+fell quite near him, so good was their aim.
+
+I was so mad with rage at the loss of my dear Friday, that I bade
+the men load five guns with small shot, and four with large, and
+we gave them such a fierce fire that in all their lives they
+could not have seen one like it. Then a rare scene met our eyes:
+dread and fear came on them all, for their boats, which were
+small, were split and sunk--three or four by one shot. The men
+who were not dead had to swim, and those who had wounds were left
+to sink, for all the rest got off as fast as they could. Our boat
+took up one poor man who had to swim for his life, when the rest
+had fled for the space of half an hour. In three hours' time, we
+could not see more than three or four of their boats, and as a
+breeze sprang up we set sail.
+
+At first the man whom we took on board would not eat or speak,
+and we all had fears lest he should pine to death. But when we
+had taught him to say a few words, he told us that his friends--
+the wild men-had come out with their kin to have a great fight,
+and that all they meant was to make us look at the grand sight.
+So it was for this that poor Friday fell! He who had been as
+good and true to me as man could be! And now in deep grief I
+must take my leave of him.
+
+We went on with a fair wind to All Saints' Bay, and here I found
+a sloop that I had brought with me from home, that I might send
+men and stores for the use of my friends in the isle. I taught
+the mate how to find the place, and when he came back, I found
+that he had done so with ease.
+
+One of our crew had a great wish to go with the sloop, and live
+on the isle, if the chief would give him land to plant. So I told
+him he should go by all means, and gave him the wild man for his
+slave. I found, too, that a man who had come with his wife and
+child and three slaves, to hide from the king of Spain, would
+like to go, if he could have some land there, though he had but a
+small stock to take with him; so I put them all on board the
+sloop, and saw them safe out of the bay, on their way to the
+isle. With them I sent three milch cows, five calves, a horse and
+ a colt, all of which, as I heard, went safe and sound.
+
+I have now no more to say of my isle, as I had left it for the
+last time, but my life in lands no less far from home was not yet
+at an end. From the Bay of All Saints we went straight to the
+Cape of Good Hope. Here I made up my mind to part from the ship
+in which I had come from the Isle, and with two of the crew to
+stay on land, and leave the rest to go on their way. I soon made
+friends with some men from France, as well as from my own land,
+and two Jews, who had come out to the Cape to trade.
+
+As I found that some goods which I had brought with me from home
+were worth a great deal, I made a large sum by the sale of them.
+When we had been at the Cape of Good Hope for nine months, we
+thought that the best thing we could do would be to hire a ship,
+and sail to the Spice Isles, to buy cloves, so we got a ship, and
+men to work her, and set out. When we had bought and sold our
+goods in the course of trade, we came back, and then set out once
+more; so that, in short, as we went from port to port, to and
+fro, I spent, from first to last, six years in this part of the
+world.
+
+At length we thought we would go and seek new scenes where we
+could get fresh gains. And a strange set of men we at last fell
+in with, as you who read this tale will say when you look at the
+print in front of this page.
+
+When we had put on shore, we made friends with a man who got us a
+large house, built with canes, and a small kind of hut of the
+same near it. It had a high fence of canes round it to keep out
+thieves, of whom, it seems, there are not a few in that land. The
+name of the town was Ching, and we found that the fair or mart
+which was kept there would not be held for three or four months.
+So we sent our ship back to the Cape, as we meant to stay in this
+part of the world for some time, and go from place to place to
+see what sort of a land it was, and then come back to the fair at
+Ching.
+
+We first went to a town which it was well worth our while to see,
+and which must have been, as near as I can guess, quite in the
+heart of this land. It was built with straight streets which ran
+in cross lines.
+
+But I must own, when I came home to the place of my birth, I was
+much struck to hear my friends say such fine things of the wealth
+and trade of these parts of the world, for I saw and knew that
+the men were a mere herd or crowd of mean slaves. What is their
+trade to ours, or to that of France and Spain? What are their
+ports, with a few junks and barks, to our grand fleets? One of
+our large ships of war would sink all their ships, one line of
+French troops would beat all their horse, and the same may be
+said of their ports, which would not stand for one month such a
+siege as we could bring to bear on them.
+
+In three weeks more we came to their chief town. When we had laid
+in a large stock of tea, shawls, fans, raw silks, and such like
+goods, we set out for the north. As we knew we should run all
+kinds of risks on our way, we took with us a strong force to act
+as a guard, and to keep us from the wild hordes who rove from
+place to place all through the land. Some of our men were Scots,
+who had come out to trade here, and had great wealth, and I was
+glad to join them, as it was by no means the first time that they
+had been here.
+
+We took five guides with us, and we all put our coin in one
+purse, to buy food on the way, and to pay the men who took charge
+of us. One of us we chose out for our chief, to take the lead in
+case we should have to fight for our lives; and when the time
+came, we had no small need of him. On the sides of all the roads,
+we saw men who made pots, cups, pans, and such like ware, out of
+a kind of earth, which is, in fact, the chief trade in this part
+of the world.
+
+One thing, the guide said he would show me, that was not to be
+seen in all the world else (and this, in good sooth, I could not
+sneer at, as I had done at most of the things I had seen here),
+and this was a house that was built of a kind of ware, such as
+most plates and cups are made of. "How big is it?" said I,  "can
+we take it on the back of a horse?" "On a horse!" said the guide,
+"why, two score of men live in it." He then took us to it, and I
+found that it was in truth a large house, built with lath and the
+best ware that can be made out of earth. The sun shone hot on the
+walls, which were quite white, hard, and smooth as glass, with
+forms on them in blue paint. On the walls of the rooms were small
+square tiles of the best ware, with red, blue, and green paint of
+all shades and hues, in rare forms, done in good taste; and as
+they use the same kind of earth to join the tiles with, you could
+not see where the tiles met. The floors of the rooms were made of
+the same ware, and as strong as those we have at home; and the
+same may be said of the roofs, but they were of a dark shade. If
+we had had more time to spare, I should have been glad to have
+seen more of this house, for there were the ponds for the fish,
+the walks, the yards, and courts, which were all made in the same
+way. This odd sight kept me from my friends for two hours, and
+when I had come up to them, I had to pay a fine to our chief, as
+they had to wait so long.
+
+In two days more we came to the Great Wall, which was made as a
+fort to keep the whole land safe,--and a great work it is. It
+goes in a long track for miles and miles, where the rocks are so
+high and steep that no foe could climb them; or, if they did, no
+wall could stop them. The Great Wall is as thick as it is high,
+and it turns and winds in all sorts of ways.
+
+We now saw, for the first time, some troops of the hordes I spoke
+of, who rove from place to place, to rob and kill all whom they
+meet with. They know no real mode of war, or skill in fight. Each
+has a poor lean horse, which is not fit to do good work. Our
+chief gave some of us leave to go out and hunt as they call it,
+and what was it but to hunt sheep! These sheep are wild and swift
+of foot, but they will not run far, and you are sure of sport
+when you start in the chase. They go in flocks of a score, or
+two, and like true sheep, keep close when they fly. In this sort
+of chase it was our hap to meet with some two score of the wild
+hordes, but what sort of prey they had come to hunt I know not.
+As soon as they saw us, one of them blew some loud notes on a
+kind of horn, with a sound that was quite new to me. We all
+thought this was to call their friends round them, and so it was,
+for in a short time a fresh troop of the same size came to join
+them; and they were all, as far as we could judge, a mile off.
+One of the Scots was with us, and as soon as he heard the horn,
+he told us that we must lose no time, but draw up in line, and
+charge them at once. We told him we would, if he would take the
+lead.
+
+They stood still, and cast a wild gaze at us, like a mere crowd,
+drawn up in no line; but as soon as they saw us come at them,
+they let fly their darts, which did not hit us, for though their
+aim was true, they fell short of us. We now came to a halt to
+fire at them, and then went at full speed to fall on them sword
+in hand, for so the bold Scot that led us, told us to do.
+
+As soon as we came up to them, they fled right and left. The sole
+stand made was by three of them, who had a kind of short sword in
+their hands, and bows on their backs, and who did all they could
+to call all the rest back to them. The brave Scot rode close up
+to them, and with his gun threw one off his horse, shot the next,
+and the third ran off, and this was the end of our fight. All the
+bad luck we met with, was that the sheep that we had in chase got
+off. We had not a man hurt, but as for the foe, five of them were
+dead, and not a few had wounds, while the rest fled at the mere
+noise of our guns.
+
+Thus we went on our way from town to town, and now and then met
+some of these wild hordes, whom we had to fight and I need not
+add that each time we had the best of the fray. At last we made
+our way to the chief town of the North Seas at the end of a year,
+five months and three days, from the time when we left Ching.
+When I had been there six weeks, and had bought some more goods;
+I took ship and set sail for the land of my birth, which I had
+left, this time, for ten years, nine months and three days.
+
+And now I must bring this tale of my life to a close, while at
+the age of three score years and twelve, I feel that the day is
+at hand, when I shall go forth on that sea of peace and love,
+which has no waves or shores but those of bliss that knows no
+end.
+
+
+
+
+
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