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ADVENTURES
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ROBINSON CRUSOE.
I was born of a good family, in the city of
York, where my father, who was a native of
Bremen, had settled, after having acquired a
handsome estate by merchandise. My heart
began to be very early filled with rambling
thoughts; my father often persuaded me to
settle to some business, and my mother used
the tenderest entreaties, yet nothing could
prevail against me to lay aside my desire of
going to sea; and notwithstanding the ex-
treme uneasiness my father and mother always
shewed at the thoughts of my leaving them,
as if bent on my own destruction, I harden-
ed myself against the prudent advice of my
kind parents; and being one day at Hull, I
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met with one of my companions, who was
going to sea in his father's ship, and he easily
persuaded me to go with him.
On the 1st of September 1651, I went on
board this ship, which was bound for London,
and without letting my parents know the rash
and disobedient step I had taken, set sail; but
no sooner was the ship out of the Humber,
than the wind began to blow, and the sea to
rise in a most terrible manner. Having never
been at sea before, I was very sick, and my
mind was filled with terror.
· The next day the wind abated, and the sea
grew calm. I was no longer sea-sick, and my
companion laughed at my fears; he ridiculed
my gravity, and with a bowl of punch made
me half drunk, and thus drowned my repent-
ance and all my sober reflections. The wca-
ther continued calm for several days, and we
at length came into Yarmouth Roads, where
we cast anchor to wait for a wind. After
riding here for four or five days, the wind
blew. very hard; the road; however, being
reckoned almost as good as an harbour, we
spent the time in riot and mirth, till the eighth
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day in the morning, when the wind increas-
ed, and it blew a terrible storm.
I now began to see terror in the faces even
of the seamen themselves; and as the master
passed by me, I could hear him say softly to
himself, · Lord me merciful to us, we shall all
be lost!' I could now ill resume the peni-
tence I had so apparently trampled upon; I
even hardened myself against it, and thought
that this storm would pass over like the first.
But such a dismal sight I never before saw;
the sea ran mountains high, and broke upon
us every three or four minutes: a ship foun--
dered at a distance; two ships that were near
us had cut their masts by the board; and the
mate and boatswain begged of the master to
let them cut away our foremast.
In the middle of the night one of the men,
who had been down on purpose, cried out we
had sprung a leak, and had now four feet wa-
ter in the hold, upon which all hands were
called to the pump. I worked with the rest,
but the water gained upon us, and it was ap-
parent that the ship would founder; the storm
however beginning to abate, the master fired
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guns for help, and a light ship which had rid
it out, just a-head of us, ventured a boat out to
help us, at the hazard of their own lives. We
all got into the boat, but hardly left the ship
a quarter of an hour when we saw her founder.
As it was impossible for the boat to get up
to the ship to which she belonged, we endea-
voured to reach the shore, and partly by row-
ing, and partly by being driven by the waves,
we at last, with great difficulty, got to land,
and walked to Yarmouth; from whence I re-
solved to travel to London by land.
On my arrival in that city, the master of a
ship who had been on the coast of Guinea,
taking a fancy to me, told me, that if I would
go a voyage with him, I should be at no ex-
pence; and if I would carry any thing with
me, I should have the advantage of trading for
myself. Encouraged by this offer, I raised
forty pounds, which I laid out in such toys
and trifles as he directed me to buy.
This was one of the most unhappy voyages
that ever man made; for as we were steering
between the Canary islands and the African
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morning, by a Moorish rover of Salee, who
gave chase to us, with all the sail she could
carry; we were obliged to submit, and were
all carried prisoners into Salec, a port belong-
ing to the Moors, I was kept by the captain
of the rover as his own prize, and made his
slave.
My master having the long boat of our
English ship, made it into a pleasure boat.
One day he had appointed to go about in this
boat, with two or three Moors of distinction;
but in the morning he came on board, telling
me that his guests had declined going, and or-
dered me with the man and boy to sail out
with the boat and catch some fish, for his
friends were to sup with him. .
At this moment the hopes of my deliver-
ance darted into my thoughts, and I resolved
to furnish myself for a voyage. I told the
Moor that we must not presume to eat our
master's bread; he said that was true, and
brought a large basket of rusks and three jars
of fresh water into the boat. I knew where
my master's case of bottles stood, which ap-
peared, by their make, to have been taken out
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of some English prize, and I conveyed them
into the boat, while the Moor, whom we call-
ed Muly, was on shore; and also a great lump
of bees wax, with a parcel of twines, of which
I afterwards made candles; a hatchet, a saw,
and a hammer.
Every thing being prepared we sailed out
of the port to fish; but purposely catching
none, I told Muly that this would not do,
and that we must stand farther off, which he
agreeing to, set the sail, and I having the
helm, ran the boat out near a league farther,
and then brought her too, as if I would fish,
when giving the boy the helm, I stepped for-
wards, and stooping behind the Moor, took
him by surprise, and tossed him overboard in-
to the sea: he rose immediately, for he swam
like a cork, and called to me to take him in;
but fetching one of the fowling-pieces, I pre-
sented it at him, and told him, that if he came
near the boat, I would shoot him through the
head; but as the sea was calm, he might eas-
ily reach the shore. So he turned about,
and swam towards the land; and as he was
an excellent swimmer, I make no doubt that
he reached it with ease.
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...When he was gone, I turned to the boy
whom they called Xury, and said to him,
Xury, if you will be faithful to me, I will
make you a great man. The boy smiled in
my face, and promised to go over all the world
with me. So dreadful were my apprehen-
sions of falling again into my master's hands,
that I would not stop to go on shore, till I
had sailed five days; and the wind shifting -
to the southward, I ventured to come to an
anchor at the mouth of a little river.
Several times after we were obliged to go
on shore for fresh water, and once in particu-
lar, early in the morning, Xury called softly
to me, and told me, that we had best go far-
ther off the shore; for, says he, look yonder
lies a lion fast asleep. I charged my gun, and
took aim at his head, but lying with his foot
raised a little above his nose, the slug broke
his leg. He started up growling, but fell
down again, and gave the most hideous roar
that ever I heard; firing again I shot him in
the head, and saw him drop. I resolved to
take off the skin, and going ashore, the boy
and I accomplished it. Then spreading it
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on the top of our cabin, it dried in the sun,
and afterwards served us to lie upon.
About ten days after, as I was steering out
to sea, Xury cried out in a fright, master,
master, a ship! imagining that it was his mas-
ter's ship, in pursuit of us. I saw that it was
a Portuguese vessel, and instantly stretched
out to sea with all the sail I could make: they
perceived me by the help of their glasses,
and shortened sail to let me come up. A
Scots sailor on board called to me, and I an-
swered, that I had made my escape from the
Moors at Salee. They very kindly took me
in and all my goods,
We had a very good voyage to the Brazils,
and arrived at All Saints Bay in about twen-
by-two days. The generous captain recom-
mended me to an honest man who had a plan-
tation, with whom I lived till I had learnt the
manner of planting and making sugar, after
which I purchased a piece of land, and be-
came a planter. I had lived here about four
years, and had contracted an acquaintance a-
mong several merchants. I had frequently
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negroes on the coast of Guinea, and they be-
ing pleased with the project, easily prevailed
on me to make a voyage for that purpose.
We fitted out a ship of about 120 tons bur-
den, which carried 6 guns, and 14 men, be-
sides the master, his boy, and myself.
In this vessel I set sail. We had very
good weather for about twelve days; but soon
after we had crossed the line, a violent hurri-
cane drove us quite out of our reckoning, and
for many days together not any in the ship ex-
pected to save their lives. In this distress,
one of our men early one morning cried out,
Land! and we had no sooner run out of the
cabin, in hopes of seeing where we were, but
the ship struck upon a shoal. It is not easy
to conceive our consternation; for as the rage
of the sea was great, we supposed that
the ship would, in a few minutes, break to
pieces. We had a boat on board, which the
mate laid hold of, and with the help of the
rest of the men flung her over the ship's side,
and getting all into her, committed oựrselves
to God's mercy. We steered towards land,
but after we had royed, or rather been driven,
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about a league and a half, a wave, mountain
high, came rolling a stern of us with such fury
that it overset the boat at once, and separated
us from one another. This wave carried me
a vast way towards the shore, and having
spent itself, went back, and left me upon the
land almost dry, but half dead. I stood still
a few moments to recover breath, till the wa-
tors went from me, and then took to my heolar
and with all the strength I had left me, to-
wards the shore. I got to the main land,
clambered up the clifts of the shore, and
sat me down upon the grass.
I soon found the sea calm, and the tide ebb-
ed so far out, that I could come within a
quarter of a mile of the ship. I swam round
her twice; and the second time observing a
small piece of rope hanging down, I took
hold of it, and got into the forecastle. Here
I found that the ship had a great deal of wa.
ter in her hold, but, to my great joy, all the
ship's provisions were quite dry.
As I found several spare yards, and some
large spars of wood, I let them down with
ropes by the ship's side, and going down to
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them, tied them together and made a raft.
I next broke open and emptied three of the
scamen's chests; then lowered them down up-
on the raft, and filled them with bread, some
dried goat's flesh, and threc Dutch cheeses,
several cases of bottles, in which were some
cordial waters, and other useful articles; be-
sides I found two or three broken oars that
belonged to the boat which served me to push
the raft along.
The next day I resolved to make a second
voyage. My raft being too unwieldy, I swam
to the ship and made a less one, on which I
placed two or three bags of nails and spikes,
some tools and fire arms, two barrels of musket
bullets, a large bag of small shot, all the men's
clothes I could find, a square fore-topsail, a
hammock, and some bedding; all these to my
very great comfort I brought safe to land.
It blew very hard all night, and in the
morning no more ship was to be seen. I
now went in search of a place where I might
fix my dwelling. I found a little plain on
the side of a rising hill, which was there as
steep as the side of a house, so that nothing
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cou'd come down to me from the top: on
the side of this rock was a hollow space like
the entrance of a cave, before which I re- •
solved to fix my tent. This plain was not
above 100 yards broad, and twice as long,
descending to the sea.
Before I set up my tent, I drew an half
circle before the hollow place, which extend-
ed 20 yards, and in this circle pitched two
rows of strong stakes, driving them into the
ground like piles; they stood about five feet
and a half out of the ground, sharpened on the
top. Then I took the pieces of cable I had
cut in the ship, and laid them in rows one up-
on another up to the top; and this fence was
very strong. The entrance I made by a short
ladder to go over the top, which when I was
in I lifted over after me. Into this fence I
by degrees carried all my riches, all my pro-
visions, ammunition, and stores, and made
me a large tent to secure myself and them
from the weather. When I had done this I
began to work my way into the 'rock, which
was pretty soft, laying all the earth and
stones I dug out within my fence, and thus
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I had got from the ship some pens, ink,
and paper; some mathematical instruments,
and three good bibles, with several other
books, which I carefully secured. I also
brought on shore with me two cats, and a dog
swam on shore, who was a trusty servant to
me many years, nay he was so good a compa-
nion, that I was at a loss for nothing he could
fetch mc; and he only wanted the power of
speech to become a most agreeable friend.
I had scarcely finished my habitation when
I was very nearly buried in its ruins. . I was
at work just at the entrance of my cave,
when all of a sudden the earth came tumbling
down from the roof of the cave, and the edge
of the hill, over my head. I was heartily
scared, and thought the top of my cave was
fallen in. There were three shocks at about
eight minutes distance, such as I believe
would have overturned the strongest build-
ing; and about half a mile from me a great
piece of a rock fell down, with the most terri-
ble noise I ever heard. The earthquake
made my stomach sick, and I was as one stu-
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In some little time I recovered from my
fright, and after that frequently killed goats
for my subsistence, whose fat supplied my
lamp, which was a dish made of clay baked in
the sun, and for a wick I made use of oakum.
In the midst of all my labour, when I was rum-
maging among my things, I found a little bag
with a few husks of corn in it, and wanting it,
I shook it out by the side of my fortification,
This was just before some heavy rain, and a-
bout a month afterwards, I saw some green
stalks shooting out of the ground; but how
great was my astonishment, when, some time
after, I saw about ten or twelve ears of bar-
ley! It was some time before I recollected
the bag with the husks, and I thought they
could have been produced by nothing less than
a miracle. With this barley there also càme
up a few stalks of rice, and these were worth
more to me than fifty times their weight in
gold, and I carefully preserved them for seed..
I now built myself a bower, about two
miles from the but, which I called my coun-
try-house.
In one of the dry seasons I took a ramble,
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armed with a gun, and a hatchet, and guarded
by my faithful dog. When I passed the val-
ley in which stood my bower, I came within
view of the sea, and it being a clear day, I
plainly discovered land; but whether island or
continent I could not tell; I guessed that it
could not be less than twenty leagues off. In
this journey I caught a young parrot; so I
took it home with me, and taught it to speak.
I travelled about twelve miles eastward alonga
the shore, and then setting up a post for a
mark, returned homewards, designing that
my next tour should be the contrary way,
till I came to this post.
I took a different way home from that I
went; but unfortunately lost myself, till at
last I was obliged to find out the sea side to
seek for my post, tired to death with the
heat of the weather and weight of my arms.
In this journey my dog seized a young kid,
and I saved it alive, pleased with the hopes
of having a breed of tame goats; but as I
could not bring it along without difficulty,
and longed to be at home, I left it within
the inclosure of my bower. .
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I cannot express what satisfaction it was
now to come into my hut, and to lie down in
my hammock bed. I rested myself a week, em-
ployed in the weighty affair of making a cage
for my parrot, which soon became one of my
favourites. I now bethought me of my kid,
and hasted to my bower to bring it home, or
to give it food; and the poor creature was so
tame by hunger that it followed me home like
a dog. From this time it became one of my
domestics also, and would never leave me.
And now, my reader, I will give thee a short
sketch of the figure I made. I had a great
high shapeless cap made of goat's skin, a jacket
with the skirts coming down to the middle of
my thighs, and a pair of open-kneed breeches
of the same, with the goat's hair hanging to
the middle of my leg. Stockings and shoes I
had none; but I had made a pair of somethings,
I scarce knew what to call them, to flap over
my legs like spatterdashes, but of a most bar-
barous shape, and so indeed were all the rest
of my clothes: I had a broad belt of goat's
skin dried, and I hung on one side a saw,
and on the other side a hatchet. I had ano-
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ther belt, not so broad, fastened over my
shoulder. Under my arm hung two pouches
for shot and powder; on my back I carried a
basket, on my shoulder a gun, and over my
head a great clumsy, ugly, goat's skin umbrel-
la. My beard was cut short, except what grew
on my upper lip, which I had trimmed into a
large pair of Mahometan whiskers; but as
for my figure, I had so few to observe me,
that it was of no manner of consequence.
In this figure I frequently went to visit the
ship's boat, which I had found upon the beach
some time after the wreck of the vessel; and
one day about noon, when I was going to it,
I was exceedingly surprised with the print of
a man's naked foot on the shore, which was
plainly to be seen on the sand. I stood like
one thunderstruck: I listened: I looked a-
round me; I could not hear nor see.any thing.
I went upon a rising ground to look farther;
I walked backwards and forewards on the shore,
but I could see only chat one impression: I
went to look at it again; there was plainly a
foot, toes, heel, and every part very distinct;
how it came there I knew not; but hurried
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home to my fortifications, looked behind me
every two or three steps, and fancied every tree,
bush, and stump to be a man. I had no sleep
that night; but my terror gradually wore off,
and I ventured down to take measure of the
foot by my own, but I found it much larger.
This filled me again with ridiculous whimsies;
and when I went home I began to double my
fortifications, planted my seven muskets on
carriages, in the manner of cannon, and was
at the expence of an infinite deal of labour
purely from my apprehensions of this print
of a foot. And in particular I planted a vast
number of stakes on the outside of my wall,
which growing, became a thick grove, and
entirely concealed the place of my retreat, and
greatly added to my security.
Now I rambled more to the western point
of the island than I had ever done before, I
was presently convinced that the seeing the
print of a man's foot was not such a strange
thing in the island as I had imagined; for on
my approaching the shore, I was perfectly con-
founded and amazed at seeing the shore spread
with sculls, hands, feet, and other bones of
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human bodies; and particularly a place, where,
as I suppose, there had been a fire made,
and a circle dug in the earth for the savage
wretches to sit down to their inhuman feasts
on the bodies of their fellow creatures. I
turned away my face from the horrid spec-
tacle, and left the place as soon as possible.
Some time after in the midst of a very
stormy night, I was startled at the firing of
a gun: I hastened to the top of my hill, and
heard another. I imagined that these were
signals of a ship in distress, and so proved,
as I discovered the next day. Nothing would
serve me but I must go in my boat to this
wreck which lay at a little distance. I fur-
nished myself with a stock of provisions for
fear of being driven out to sea, and in two
hours time I reached the ship, which was Spa-
nish built. She stuck fast jammed in between
two rocks, and the stern and quarter were
beaten to pieces by the sea. On my coming *
near it a dog yelped and cried, but there was
no other living creature on board; but I saw
two men drowned in the cook-room, with :
their arms fast about one another, and all the
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goods were spoiled by the water. I, however,
took two of the seamen's. chests into my
boat without knowing what was in them.
When I had got my treasures home, and
began to unload, I found several bottles filled
with cordial waters, and some neckcloths and
shirts, which were very useful to me; 1100
pieces of eight, and about a pound weight of
solid gold; but of what use was this to me?
I would have given it all for three or four
pair of shoes and stockings.
· After this acquisition, I lived in my old
manner, though terrified with fears of the sa-
vages. One morning very early I saw five
canoes of them ashore. I clambered up my
hill, and by the help of my perspective disco-
vered no less than thirty dancing round a fire.
I soon after saw two miserable wretches drag-
ged out of the boats, one of whom was in-
mediately knocked down, but the other start-
ing from them, ran with incredible swiftness
along the sands towards me. I confess I was
horribly frightened when I saw him come my
way, imagining he would be pursued by the
whole body; however, I kept my station, and
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quite lost my apprehension, when I found but
three following him. He greatly outran them,
and was in a fair way of escaping, when com-
ing to the creek, he plunged into it, landed,
and ran as swift as before. Of the three that
followed, but two entered the water, the other
returning back. I hastily fetched my guns
from the foot of the ladder, and taking a short
cut down the hill, I clapped myself in the way
between the pursuers and the pursued, halloo-
ing aloud to him that fled, and beckoned with
my hand for him to come back; then rushing
at once upon the foremost, knocked him down
with the stock of my piece: the other stopped
as if frightened; but when I advanced towards
him, I perceived he was fitting his bow to
shoot me, upon which I shot him dead direct-
ly. The poor savage who fled was so terri-
fied at the noise of my piece, though he saw
his enemies fallen, that he stood stock still, but
seemed rather inclined to fly, than to come to-
wards me. But the man I had knocked down
came to himself, and my savage began to be
afraid. I then presented my piece at the man,
when the poor fellow, whose life I had saved,
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made a motion for my sword, which I gave
him, and he struck off his enemy's head at one
blow, and in a quarter of an hour buried both
the bodies in the sand. I then took him away
to my cave at the farthest part of the island.
Here I gave him bread and a bunch of raisins
to eat, and a draught of water, which he want-
ed much; and having refreshed him, I made
signs for him to lie down on some rice straw,
which the poor creature did, and went to sleep.
He was a well-made handsome fellow, of
about twenty-six years of age, of an olive-
coloured complexion, with long black hair.
He had a small nose that was not flat, and
fine teeth as white as ivory. After he had
slept about half an hour he waked again, and
came running to me in the enclosure, just by
where I had been milking my goats. Then
falling down he laid his head flat upon the
ground, and set my other foot upon it, and
after this made all possible signs of thankful-
ness, subjection, and submission. I began to
speak to him, and to teach him to speak to
me; and first I made him to know that his
name should be Friday, which was the day
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wherein I saved his life. I taught him to say
Master, and let him know that was to be my
name. The next day I gave him clothes, at
which he seemed pleased.
I made a little tent on the outside of my
fortification for Friday to sleep in, and at night
took in my ladder, that he might not be able
to get at me while I slept. But there was
no need of this precaution, for never man had
a more faithful servant; he had the same af-
fection for me as a child has for a father. I
made it my business to teach him every thing
proper to render him useful, especially, to
spcak, and understand me when I spoke;
and he was the aptest scholar that ever was;
then he was so merry, so diligent, and so
pleased when he could understand me or
make me understand him, that he was a
very agreeable companion.
I then set him to beat out some corn and
· sift it, and soon after I let him see me make
my bread and bake, and in a little time Friday
was able to do all the work for me, as well as
I could do it myself. I now found it neceso :
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used to do, and therefore with Friday's assist-
ance enlarged my fence. In short, this was
the pleasantest year I had led in the island;
for as my man began to talk pretty well I had
some use for my tongue again; and besides the
pleasure of talking to him, I had a singular
satisfaction in his honesty and affection, which
appeared more every day, so that I began real-
ly to love him.
I did not fail to instruct this poor creature,
as well as I was able, in the principles of re-
ligion, and he listened to me with great atten-
tion. I described to him the countries of
Europe, and particularly England; how we
lived; how we worshipped God; and how we
traded in ships to all parts of the world. Up-
on seeing my boat, Friday stood musing a
great while, and said nothing: when asking
what he was thinking of, he at last said, Me
such boat like came to place at my nation. We
· save the white mans from drown. I then ask-
ed him, if there were any white mans, as he
called them, in the boat? Yes, he said, the boat.
full of white mans. I asked him how many?
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asked him what became of them?' and he re-
plied, They live, they dwell at nation.
A considerable time after this, being at the
top of a hill on the east side of the island,
from whence I had discovered land, Friday
looked very earnestly towards it, and in a kind
of surprise fell a jumping and dancing, cry-
ing, Ojoy! O glad! there be my country,
there my nation!
· From this time I had a mind to venture
over, and see if I could possibly join these
bearded men, not doubting. but that we might
find some means of escaping from thence. I
was now entered into the 27th year of my cap-
tivity, and intended soon to set sail, when one
morning I bid Friday go the sea shore to
sce if he could find a turtle; but he had not
been long gone, when he came running back
like one that felt not the ground on which he
trod, and before I had time to speak, cried, o
master! O master! O sorrow! O bad! What's,
the matter, Friday, said I, O'yonder there, said:
he, one, two, three canoe! one, two, three!
Well, Friday, said I, do not be frightened: he
was, however, terribly scared, imaginig that
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they were come to look for him, and would
cut him in pieces and eat him. I asked him,
whether, if I resolved to defend him, he would
stand by me, and do as I bid him. He said,
Me die when you bid die, master. I fetched him
a good dram of rum, and made him take two
fuwling pieces, and load them with large swan
shot. I then loaded four muskets with five small
bullets each, and each of two pistols with a
brace of bullets. I hung my great sword na-
ked by my side, and gave Friday his hatçhet.
I had not a moment to lose, for nineteen
of the horrid wretches sat huddļed together
on the ground, and the other two were stopp-
ing down to untie a Christian, (for one of
the poor prisoners was a Spaniard), in order to
murder him. Now, said I, Friday, do as you
see me do. I ląjd the muskets down, and
took up one, and then we both fired. Three
were killed and five wounded. We then rush-
ed out of the thicket, with each a musket in
our hands. I cut the flays that bound the
poor yiçtim, and gave him a sword and pistol,
which he had no sooner got than he flew upon
his murderers. Meanwhile Friday firing had
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killed two, and wounded a third, and after-
wards fell upon them with his hatchet. In
short, seventeen of them were killed, and four
of them getting into a canoe got out to sea.
I resolved to pursue them, lest they should
return with a greater force to destroy us, and
ran to a canoe, calling to Friday to follow me;
but I was no sooner in the canoe, than I found
another poor creature there alive, bound hand
and foot. I immediately cut the twisted flags,
and seeing that he had been bound so tight
that he was almost dead, I gave him a dram,
and ordered Friday to tell him of his deliver-
ance; but when the poor fellow looked in his
facc, and heard him speak, it would have mov-
ed any one to tears, to have seen how he kiss-
ed, embraced, hugged him, cried, danced,
sung, and then cried again. It was sometime..
before I could make him tell me what was the
matter; but when he came a little to himself,
he said it was his own dear father. He then
sat down by him, held the old man's head
close to his bosom, and chafed his arms and
ancles, which were stiff with binding.
At my desire, Friday carried the Spaniard
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into the canoe, and placed him by his father;
then launching off, paddled along the shore,
till he brought them near my castle, while I
walked thither.
About eight days after they were gone to
fetch over their companions, Friday waked me
one morning, by crying out,, Master they are
come. I' dressed and hastened up to the top
of the hill, and plainly discovered an English
ship lying at anchor. At first I felt in my
mind a tumult of joy, which was soon turned
into fear; för though I knew them to be my
countrymen, I had reason to dread them as
enemies. Instead of going toward them: as I
should have done, had it not been for these
alarming doubts, I staid where I was, and
was soon convinced that to my suspicions I
owed' my safety. . :
They ran the boat ashore, on the beach,
and eleven men landed, three of them unarm-
ed, who by their gestures. I thought to be
prisoners; and one of them I could perceive
using the most passionate gestures of entrenty',
, affliction, and despair; while the two others,
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appeared pleading for mercy. At this sight
I was stiffened with horror, and Friday called
out to me in his broken English, O master!
you see Englishmen eat prisoners as well as sa--
vage men. No, no, says I, Friday, I am afraid
they will murder them; but you may be sure
they will not eat them. At this instant I saw
a villain lift up his arm to kill one of the pri-
soners, but he did not kill him. I wished
now for the Spaniard, and Friday's father,
who was gone with him. While they had
been parleying with their prisoners, the water
had ebbed away from their boat, leaving her
aground; and I heard one of them say to an-
other who was going to it, why let it alone
Jack, it will be afloat next tide; this confirm-
ed to me that they were my countrymen. I
knew now to my great uneasiness, that they
would have ten hours to ramble about the
island;. I therefore designed to attack them as
soon as it was dark; but a few hours after,
as I saw none of them rambling about, I ima-
gined they were asleep, all but the three dis-
tressed men, who were under the shelter of a
trec but a little way from me. To them I
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werit with my man Friday, and said in Spa
nish, What are you, Gentlemen? They started
at the noise, but when they saw my uncouth
figure they prepared to fly. I then said in
English, Gentlemen, perhaps you may have a
friend near you, whom you little expect. He
must be sent directly from heaven, said one of
them bowing; for our condition is past the
help of man.'. All help is from heaven, Sir,
I replied; I see you are in distress, and am
willing to serve you. The poor man, with a
gush of tears, answered, Am I talking to a
man or an angel? A man, an Englishman, I
returned, ready to assist and save you, tell me
your case.' I was commander of that ship,
he replied; my men have mutinied against
me, and if they do not murder me, they intend
to leave me and these two gentlemen ashore
in this desolate place. They are but in that
thicket, and I tremble for fear they have seen
you, and heard us speak: if they have, they
will murder us all. I asked what arms they
had got, and finding they had but one piece of
fire arms among them, I told him, it was easy
to kill them all while they were asleep, or to
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take them prisoners. He replied, that there
were two incorrigible villains among them, to
whom it would not be safe to shew mercy. I
then gave each of them a musket, and advised
them to fire among them at önce; but he was
cautious of shedding blood. In the midst of
our discourse some of them awaked, and two
walked from the rest. The captain said he
would gladly spare them. Now, said I, if the
rest escape you, it is your fault. Animated
with this they went to the sailors, and the
captain reserving his own piece, the two men
shot one of the villains dead, and wounded
the other. He who was wounded cried out
for help, when the captain knocked him
down with the stock of his musket. There
were three more in company, one of whom
was wounded. They begged for mercy, and
I coming up gave orders for sparing their
lives, on condition of their being bound hand
and foot, while they staid in the island.
The noise of our guns brought three more
straggling men to us, and they submitting to
be bound our victory was complete. We then
consulted together how to recover the ship,
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there being still twenty-five men on board.
We knocked a great hole in the bottom of the
boat, that they might not carry her away;
and while we were doing it, we heard the ship
fire a gun as a signal for the boat to come on
board. A little after another boat with ten
men and fire arms approached shore.
Those who came on shore kept close toge-
ther, marching up the little hill under which
my habitation lay. When at the top they
shouted and hallooed, but did not care to
venture far from the shore, and quickly re-
turned back. I then ordered Friday and the
mate to go to a rising ground and shout as
loud as they could. They heard the noise and
ran towards it till they came to the creek;
they then called to the boat to set them
over. This was what I expected. Having
crossed the creek, they left two men in the
boat, taking the other with them. We left
Friday and the mate to pursue their business
in decoying the fellows up into the woods,
by shouting and hallooing, while we surprise
ed the two men they had left; one lying in
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The last started up at our approach, the cap-
tain knocked him down, and called to him
in the boat to yield, or he was a dead man.
This he did, and heartily joined us, he be-
ing one of those who had been forced through
fear to join the mutiny.
At length we saw them all go to the boat,
which was aground in the creek, the tide ebb-
ed out. They hallooed and called their com-
rades by their names, and then ran about
wringing their hands as men in despair; it
grew dark: I drew my ambuscade nearer, and
ordered Friday and the captain to creep upon
tlicir hands and feet, that they might not
be seen, and to get very near them before they
fired; but one of the principal ringleaders of
the mutiny, with two of the crew, came to-
wards us, and the captain was so eager at hav-
ing him in his power, that he let fly, and kill-
ed him and another man on the spot; the third
ran for it. I then advanced with my whole
army, when the man we took out of the boat
by my order called to one of them by his name,
Tom Smith? The fellow answered, who is
that, Robinson? the other replied, ay, ay, for
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God's sake, Tom, throw down your arms and
yield, or you are all dead men this moment.
Yield! who must we yield to? says Smith.
Where are they? Here they are, says he,
here's our captain with fifty men with him;
the boatswain and Will Fry are killed, and I
am a prisoner. Will they give us quarter?
says Smith. The captain then called out, You
know my voice, if you lay down your arms and
submit, you shall all have your lives but Will
Aitkins. Upon which Will Aitkins called out,
for God's sake, captain, spare my life, the rest
are as bad as I; which was not true, for he had
used the captain very ill at the beginning of the
mutiny. The captain told him he must lay
down his arms at discretion, and trust to the
governor's mercy. They all submitted.
I was now determined to seize the ship, and
the captain chose five of those he liked best to
assist him, while I kept the rest as hostages
for their fidelity. We then stopped the breach
in the broken boat, and having manned them
both, the captain went to the ship about mid-
night, got on board, and being faithfully sea
conded, they knocked down the second mate
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and carpenter with the butt-end of their mus-
kets, and soon overcame all the rest.
Next day I went on board the ship, taking
Friday with me, but did not sail that night;
and before we put off, two of the men swam
to us from the shore, desiring to be taken in,
or they should be murdered; to which we a-'
greed, and they afterwards became honest fel-
lows. On the other hand, two men in the
ship, fearing to be called to an account in
England, took the pinnace, and joined their
old comrades on shore. Thus I left the
island, after being on it twenty-eight years.
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