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Robinson and his Parents.

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PREFA CE.
THIs instructive and entertaining
history was written about one hundred
and fifty years ago, by a very ingenious
and celebrated person, Daniel De Foe.
Before he became an author, he was
a hosier, and then a pantile-maker;
but in business he did not succeed,
6 PREFACE.
and he sunk into great distress. He
published many works, of which
Robinson Crusoe is the chief. It is
said that he derived the idea of this
story from the narrative of Alexander
Selkirk, a sailor who was left ashore
on the island of Juan Fernandez, and
was brought away by Captain Rogers,
after he had lived there by him-
self for many years. Let us hope
that this tale of wonderful adven-
tures, bitter sufferings, and perilous
escapes, will teach our young friends
PREFACE. 7
the advantages of a safe and quiet
home, and cure them of that sad
disorder of the mind, a discontented
and restless disposition.
THE ADVENTURES OF
ROBIN SO N C R USO E.
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RoBINson CRusoe, according to his
own account of himself, was at the
age of eighteen a discontented and
most unreasonable young gentleman.
He had kind parents, a comfortable
home, and all the advantages com-
monly arising from prosperous cir-
cumstances; and yet he was dissatis-
fied. He appeared to be weary of
good things, and to desire evil things
for the sake of the change. You will
see that he had more than enough of
amazing troubles and disasters in the
course of his life to teach him the
value of common comforts at home.
Our first print represents him sullen
and dejected by the fireside, with all
Is discontented and unhappy.

ROBINSON CRUSOE, 11
things convenient about him ; his
sister has hold of his hand and is
endeavouring by kindness to persuade
him into a good-humour, whilst his
parents are representing the advantages
he there possessed, and are pointing
to the case of a poor beggar at the
door to whom a servant has been
sent with relief; but who in the mean
time endures the pitiless wintry storm
and hunger at the same time. Robin-
son, however, disregards all that can
be said and done to attach him to his
home; he becomes ill-tempered and
reserved, and would you believe it, he
forms the sad resolution of leaving
his parents’ house without their leave
or knowledge I quite expect to find
him in some dreadful situation of
distress the next time we hear of him
-let us see.
12 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
O YEs, here he is on board a ship in
a storm, which is just ready to sink!
They are getting a boat ready for him
and the rest of the crew. I fear it is
too small to take them every one, I
hope poor Robinson will escape some-
how—that is the lad I mean ; the
wind has just blown his hat off, do
not you see?—Before I tell you what
became of him this time, I must ex-
plain how he came on board that ship
and where it was to have sailed. The
case was this. Robinson had stated
his discontents to some of his young
acquaintances, amongst whom was a
sailor-lad whose father owned a vessel
trading from Hull in Yorkshire to
London. This lad told Crusoe that
he would be happy directly if he
would but go to sea—a very great
mistake indeed, which many a boy
finds out too late. However, Robinson
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Is overtaken by a Storm.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 15
disliked home and regular habits so
much that he took this bad advice—
ran away from his dear parents and
brothers and sisters without even
saying Good bye, and got on board this
vessel one fine autumn evening in
company with his sailor-friend. I am
afraid that neither of these lads told
the captain of the vessel the truth,
or he would not have taken them,
but so it was : they sailed out of the
river Humber, and very delightful it
seemed at first, but in a few hours
the wind rose and blew most boister-
ously, the waves flew over the ship
and tossed it up and down—Robinson
was dreadfully sick and could not keep
his legs. At last the ship was thrown
upon some rocks which knocked a
great hole in it, so that they began to
sink and were obliged to take to their
boat as I said before.
16 ROBINSON C RUSOE.
WELL, and so as soon as poor Robin-
son and all the people had got into the
little boat, the great ship went down l
Yes, it sunk down, down, down, into
the sea, till at last even the top of the
mast was covered by the waves. All
the corn and merchandise which were
to have been sold in London for
thousands of pounds, and all the ship
that had cost thousands too, with their
boxes of clothes and everything, were
all lost at once and never heard of
more. But Robinson and the rest of
them had no time to think of those
things, for they were afraid every
Inoment that their little boat with
themselves in it would also go down,
the weather was so tempestuous, the
sea was so rough, and their boat was
so overloaded. But it pleased Pro-
The ship sinks in the Sea.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 19
vidence to spare all their lives that
time. They arrived at length at a
place called Yarmouth in Norfolk,
weak, and hungry, and frightened,
and miserable, I assure you; but the
people of the town were very good to
them and gave them food, lodging and
clothes; was not that very kind 2
Robinson tells us that he had at
this time some money in his pocket
with which he might have returned
home if he had pleased. He had
Some thoughts of doing so, but un-
happily he felt more ashamed of seeing
his friends again and confessing his
fault, than of continuing to be a dis-
obedient runaway lad. So he pro-
ceeded to London, where it appears
some relations of his were then living.
B 2
20 ROBINSON CHUSOE.
RoBINson CRUsoe does not tell us
much of his visit to London, but that
he was still bent on going abroad, and
in fact obtained money of some of his
relations for that purpose. Perhaps
they thought it better that he should
go, unsettled and contrary as his dis-
position was, than be forced back
again to make his parents miserable by
his ill-humour. So after spending
some time in London, young Crusoe
embarked in a trading vessel, bound
for Guinea on the coast of Africa,
taking with him a few toys and trifles
to deal with the natives for their
gold-dust. The engraving represents
him offering some strings of beads and
a hatchet for some gold-dust, brought
to him by a black prince—not the
2]
Deals with a Black Prince.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 23
Black Prince of England, please to
remember.
Robinson says, that this was the
only successful voyage he ever made.
He gained about £300 in money, and
some knowledge of navigation into the
bargain. He again returned to Lon-
don; but strange to tell, did not visit
his parents at York nor take any
notice of his other relations.
24 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
Robinson had now money enough
to become the master of a Guinea
trading vessel, and soon set out again
to try his fortunes. They were mis-
fortunes indeed this time, for his
vessel was taken by Moorish pirates;
that is sea robbers from Morocco, and
he and all the crew were made pri-
soners—that is, slaves. See now
Robinson Crusoe reduced from pros-
perity to slavery—from the condition
of a gentleman's son, or a merchant
on his own account, to that of a toiling
drudge in the house and garden of an
African robber
Crusoe’s mastersometimes employed
him in fishing excursions, and on one
of these occasions, when there was
nobody but himself, one man and a
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Escapes from Slavery.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 27
boy on board, Robinson began to
entertain the thought of making his
escape ; so knowing that this man
could swim perfectly well, and that
they were no great distance from shore,
Robinson shoved him suddenly over-
board, and putting out to sea with a
fair wind, soon got out of sight of
land. He easily persuaded the boy
named Xury to become his servant
and help him all he could. And so
they remained a long time beating
about in the Mediterranean, and not
knowing whereabouts they were, nor
indeed to which place it would be
best to go.
28 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
As our friend Robinson Crusoe had
not fixed in his own mind on any
particular place to steer to, being
chiefly anxious to keep out of the way
of his African master, he was not
sorry to keep out at sea till he thought
there was no fear of his being pursued.
Nor was he sorry at length to come
in sight of land, for he and the boy
were dreadfully distressed with thirst,
having no more water on board.
The shore they came to he never
knew the name of. They heard the
voices of many strange wild beasts at
a distance in the woods, which alarmed
them exceedingly ; however, they
filled their jars with water, and killed
a hare, which they had for their din-
ner. How they cooked it I cannot
29
Shoots a Lion.

ROBINSON CRUSOE, 3]
say ; I should think that it was served
up without seasoning, sauce, or cur-
rant jelly
Whilst they were prowling about
on this wild shore, they came unex-
pectedly on a most terrific sight indeed
—it was a very great lion fast asleep !
Happily, Robinson had his gun with
him, with which he shot the lion.
They then went up to him, took off
his skin, and with this returned again
to their boat.
32 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
1 suppose that our two wanderers
must have sailed through the Straits
of Gibraltar without knowing it, for
the next we hear of them is, that
they were steering southward in the
Atlantic Ocean, hoping to meet with
some European ship. If Robinson
could have found a conveyance then,
safely to his father’s house at York,
how glad he would been 1
They continued out, at sea some
time longer, and being much in want
of food, they approached a shore and
saw some wild black people, of whom
they obtained some supplies, but who
seemed very much astonished and not
a little frightened at their unexpected
guests, who did not wish to trouble
them long with their company, and
Discovers a Sail a-head.

ROBINSON CRUSOE, 35
therefore soon sought and regained
their little vessel. Whilst they were
driving before the wind in much
anxiety as to their fate, Xury sud-
denly cried out, “O ! master, a ship—
a ship !” They were both overjoyed
at the sight, which was evidently a
European vessel, and now their chief
effort was to make themselves per-
ceived ; for the vessel, though in
sight, was not sailing towards them.
So they hoisted a white flag as high
as they could, and at length had the
joy of seeing that they were observed,
as the vessel now altered her course
and came towards them.
c 2
36 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
WHEN the ship came up to our
adventurers, the captain inquired of
Robinson, in three different languages,
who and what he was ; but unhappily,
this young man not having improved
his time at school, understood not a
word he said in French, in Spanish,
or in Portuguese. At last, a Scotch
sailor who chanced to be on board,
found that Robinson was an English-
man, and so got the needful informa-
tion out of him ; which when the
captain understood, induced him to
take the two young men on board
with all their goods.
The Portuguese captain behaved
very well indeed to his new guests,
and offered to take them where he
was going, that was to the Brazils in
Treats with the Portuguese Captain.

ROBINSON CHUSOE, 39
South America, and to buy his boat
at a fair price of him when he got
there. He also offered to take the
boy Xury and employ him in his
ship, which was a great benefit to
both.
They had a prosperous voyage to
the Brazils. The captain, who was
generous as well as just, refused to
take anything of Robinson for his pas-
sage, and at the same time bought all
he had to sell at a very good price—
the boat and all that was in it, with
the lion’s skin, produced him thus a
very useful sum of money; the thing
above all things needful in arriving on
a foreign shore.
4() ROBINSON CRUSOE,
AND now we find Robinson Crusoe
in quite a new situation and condition
in life. Being recommended by the
captain to an honest resident who was
master of a sugar plantation, he ac-
quainted himself with the manner of
cultivating that plant, and of making
the sugar itself. At length he pur-
chased some land and set up planter.
But Robinson began now to reflect
that he could have done better than
this at home, had he liked to have
settled on a farm, or to any other pro-
fession or business. In fact, though
he was succeeding as well as he could
expect, he began to be unhappy and
discontented again. At length when
he had been about four years in the
Brazils, and had considerably increased
Becomes a Planter.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 43
his property, Robinson Crusoe deter-
mined to sell all off and go to sea
again as a merchant; and what trade
do you think he fixed upon now to
carry forward on the seas?—the slave
trade 1 I am sorry to say, that he
resolved to sail to the coast of Africa
to purchase poor negroes to work in
the plantations of Brazil.
44 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
BUT our restless adventurer was
soon punished for his incurable dis-
content, and for his unjust purpose of
enslaving his fellow men. He sailed
in a good vessel with a crew of four-
teen persons, and such articles of traffic
as would enable him to purchase slaves
of the African chiefs. But they had
not been many days out at sea when
a violent tempest arose, such as in the
tropical seas is called a tornado ; this
drove them far away from their in-
tended course, and indeed quite out
of their knowledge, so that for twelve
days they knew not where they were
nor whither they were going. Whilst
they were in this perplexity and terror,
one of the sailors suddenly called out
“Land!” That meant that he could
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5
Is again Shipwrecked.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 47
see land ; but Robinson had no sooner
run out of the cabin to look out, than
the vessel struck upon a sand-bank;
and the motion being thus stopped,
the sea broke over with tremendous
violence, threatening every instant to
wash them all overboard and to break
the ship in pieces. At last they did
as before, and as is usual in such cases,
they got the boat down and embarked
in her, although they had little hope
that they could thereby escape. At
length their worst fears were realised ;
the fatal wave came which overset
their boat and threw them all into the
stormy sea
48 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
You would now expect an end of
the story, but that you know if they
had all been drowned, no one could
have told about the storm. Yes, one
was saved, and he got to shore without
any boat at all. It was Robinson
himself, who was thrown out like the
rest of them ; but so it happened that
the wave which upset the boat bore
him on its foaming edge, and at length
hurled him with violence on the shore.
He had just time to get on his legs
and run higher up before the next
wave came, which would have carried
him back again to the whelming
ocean. Poor Crusoe had scarcely
escaped this danger when he dropped
nearly insensible from the violence,
exertion, and fright, he had undergone.
49
Escapes from Drowning.

ROBINSON CRUSOE, 51
When he came to himself he looked
up and thanked God for his wonderful
deliverance. He was the only one
saved out of the whole company; he
never saw them afterwards, nor any
sign of them, but three of their hats,
one cap, and two shoes that were not
fellows.
Robinson cast his eyes to the
stranded vessel, which lay at some
distance buffeted by the yet rolling
sea. It seemed to him a miracle that
he could have got on shore.
D 2
52 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
So our friend Robinson Crusoe is
at length landed all alone on an en-
tirely unknown shore! What was to
become of him now—what should he
do? Can you tell me what you
would do in such a case—hunger
coming on, night approaching, and no
food or lodging provided ! I rather
think you would wish yourself at
home again, as there is no doubt
Robinson did on that occasion. In
fact he soon began to think that he
had but a dreadful deliverance from
a sudden to a lingering death. His
condition was indeed pitiable. He
was wet and had no other clothes, nor
anything to eat and drink, nor any
prospect but that of perishing with
famine or being devoured by wild
53
Climbs a Tree.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 55
beasts. He had no weapon to defend
him, or to enable him to procure any
animal for his sustenance; he had
nothing about him but a knife, and a
tobacco-box and pipe, with a little
tobacco. He walked about in very
great distress and agony of mind, and
as night came on he had nothing for
it but to climb up into a thick bushy
tree out of the way of wild beasts, and
here he fell fast asleep.
56 ROBINSON CRºjSOE,
The next morning early Robinson
awoke in his leafy chamber, and
rubbing his eyes wondered not a little
where he was. Hunger soon reminded
him that he had had no supper, and
when he had roused himself completely
he could not tell where his breakfast
was to come from. This was rather a
serious predicament—worse than sit-
ting by his father's fireside at York,
taking rolls and coffee on a rainy
morning. -
Before Crusoe descended from the
tree he looked out on the ocean. The
storm had abated, and he was sur-
prised to observe that the wreck of
the ship had been thrown higher up
and much nearer the shore. This
gave him some comfort, and he walked
Gets on board the Wreck.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 59
as far as he could towards her, but
still found half a mile of water
between the vessel and the land. In
a few hours, however, the tide had
ebbed out so far that he could approach
the ship by swimming, and after
having paddled round it for some time,
he at length found a bit of rope hang-
ing from her side, by which he swung
himself up and got on board. Now
he perceived that if they had all kept
the ship that they would all have been
safe, and he would have had com-
panions in his exile.
6() ROBINSON CRUSOE,
WHEN Robinson got on board the
vessel, it was a sad sight indeed. She
was wedged fast, so that the fore part
was secured and whole, but the hind
part was greatly damaged and broken,
and she was more than half filled with
water. All the masts, sails and ropes
—which are called the rigging—
were gone. Happily, however, for
Robinson he found the provision-room
but little injured, and the chief of the
stores remaining good. O with what
a relish did he devour biscuits and
bacon, cheese and salt-fish, and how
refreshed he was by a drop of good
wine from the neck of a broken bottle,
though in his eagerness he sadly cut
his mouth with the glass 1 He found
indeed that he was in danger of in-
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The ship's Provision-room.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 63
dulging to excess after his long fast,
and therefore presently set about
another kind of employment. He
knew that his very existence depended
on his being able to transport these
provisions to the shore for his future
subsistence, but how was this to be
done 2 there was no boat, and the
remains of the vessel would not hold
together long, strained as it still was
by the force of the sea and wind. He
could to be sure swim away as he had
done, and he could put a biscuit or two
in his mouth; but it was needful to
hit on some better contrivance than
that—what do you think it could be 2
64 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
Do you know what a raft is P. It
is a platform of pieces of timber
fastened together, and which will
be sure to float, because any single
piece would float by itself. Now it
is plain, that if a raft thus made be
put on the water and not overloaded,
it will answer in some degree the
purpose of a boat; and if a man can
but keep his place and position upon
it, he may proceed with it in safety.
So Robinson set to work, and finding
plenty of broken timber and scattered
rigging about, he corded a quantity
together as flat as a floor; and having
tied to it a rope of sufficient length to
prevent its sailing away, he contrived,
by the help of lines and with great
exertion, to heave it over the ship's
65
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Makes a Raft.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 67
side. There was a splash ! So–now
the raft has adjusted itself, and lies
pretty flat on the water, but bobbing up
and down with the waves. But Crusoe
soon steadied it a little with some of
the seamen’s heavy chests, and with
casks of provisions and other things.
Whilst he was doing this the tide was
rising, and he had the unhappiness to
see his coat and waistcoat which he
had left on shore washed away by the
sea. However, he found others on
board the ship ; and having got as
much on his raft, of provisions, uten-
sils, tools, arms and ammunition, as
it could well sustain, he pushed off,
and the sea being tolerably quiet,
he managed to row himself to land.
Look at him in the print; there he is
full of business, is he not ?
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68 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
Robinson did not get to land without
hazard and difficulty ; for when his
raft touched the ground, the opposite
part began to sink in the water, so that
he and his wares were very nearly
sloped off into the sea. He just suc-
ceeded in preventing this, and at length
got all his goods up high and dry on
the shore. Oh, how thankful he was
—there was food enough and other
comfortable things for a long time to
come—no thoughts of starving now.
His next care was to find a place
of lodging for himself, and of security
for his goods. So, having piled them
together as well as he could, he took
a gun and some powder, and ascended
a high hill at no great distance. Then
it was that he discovered this strange
Ascends a Hill.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 71
spot to be an island, for he could see
the ocean with its waves sparkling all
round it. The island itself was of
course not very large, nor was it barren;
there were woods and grassy vales, and
various animals skipping about, but
he could not discover the least sign of
a human being. You see him there
on the top of the hill in the engraving,
and there are his casks and chests in
a heap below. What has he done with
his raft P Oh there it is, tied to a
stump driven into the sand
72 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
Robinson CRUsor, came down from
the hill and walked about to explore
the island further, but was greatly
afraid of losing sight of his stores.
So he did not go a great way that day;
but when evening arrived he felt very
much fatigued with his exertions, and
began to wish much for some quiet
lodging in which he might lie secure
for the night. However, he could
find none then, and therefore he
barricaded himself round as well as
he could with the tubs, chests, and
boards; and having taken his supper,
passed the night pretty comfortably.
In the morning he again looked towards
the ship, and finding she still re-
mained, he determined to try and raft
over as many more things as he thought
73
IIis Raft upsets.

ROBINSON CRUSOE, 75
would be useful to him, and, in fact,
went and came on this errand several
times, and greatly increased his stores
on the island. It was not to be ex-
pected that he should do this every
time without an accident : on one oc-
casion the raft and all that was on it
was upset and washed away, and
himself narrowly escaped drowning.
These expeditions were at length put
an end to as he had expected. One
morning, when he awoke after a windy
night and looked towards the sea, the
ship had entirely disappeared ; not a
plank was visible, all had been borne
away by the curling green waves |
76 ROBINSON CRUISOE.
RoBINson CRUsoe, though solitary,
was no longer destitute on his little
island. Provisions, drink, clothing,
tools, materials, arms, gunpowder and
shot, with innumerable other articles,
not excepting Monry I he had supplied
himself with in more or less abund-
ance. You will ask, of what use
money could be to him in an unin-
habited island P. None whatever, cer-
tainly; but he prudently thought that
if ever a ship came that away, gold
would be of use again.
Still Robinson was without a habi-
tation. He had goods but no lodging,
and that was rather awkward; he was
also in constant terror of wild beasts
issuing from the woods, which might
eat his provisions, and perhaps himself
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ROBINSON CRUSOE, 79
at last. So he considered what he
should do, and resolved to erect him-
self a tent with the sails and cordage
of the ship, until he could provide
himself some more secure habitation.
He found that he should soon lose
all knowledge of the days, months, or
years of his present life, unless he kept
some account of their progress; so he
got some long sticks, and cutting a
notch every day, could at any time
count them up and find where he was
in the year.
80 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
Robinson's tent would not have
protected him from the attacks of wild
beasts, of which he was so much
afraid, if he had trusted to ropes and
canvas. To fortify himself to his
satisfaction, he enclosed it in a ring
fence made with stakes driven firmly
into the ground, and so high as not
to be mounted by men or animals.
He would not even make a door for
himself to enter lest he should chance
to leave it open, but used a ladder,
which he always drew up after him.
So he was secure, and at the same
time solitary indeed. Within this
enclosure, or within his tent, he
brought all his various stores and
useful articles. This spot was close
under the side of a hill, in which he
scooped out a cave, which he made
his cellar.
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Fortifies his Tent.

ROBINSON CRUSOE, 83
Now, though this young man was
for the present in much less distress
than might have been expected, he
was by no means happy. The thoughts
of his native land, and the social
comforts he had forsaken without
cause, often brought tears into his eyes;
and his utter loneliness made him,
for the most part, melancholy and
wretched. If he had not been obliged
to employ himself so much in labo-
rious occupations required by his situa-
tion, he might have lost his reason
altogether. I trust therefore that
none of my young readers will envy
him, however snug was his tent and
cave, and although he was a sort of
monarch over the island he inhabited.
F 2
84 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
It was, according to Robinson’s
reckoning, the 30th of September,
1659, when he first set foot on this
island. At that period mariners had
traversed the seas but little, and there
were countless lands and seas which
had never apparently been visited by
men. It would now be rather difficult
to find a solitary island, or even the
rocky summit of a mountain above
the sea, which has not been seen,
named, and laid down in some chart
or another.
Our adventurer did not neglect to
provide himself with pen, ink and
paper, books, and nautical instruments,
out of the ship's stores; and these
relieved his dulness very much, and
enabled him to write his history at
85
Writes his Adventures.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 87
full length. What he says in his
narrative about this island as an un-
known country to all the world, might
have been true almost two hundred
years ago; but this would not quite do
to write as existing to the present
day. The print shows Robinson in
his tent, writing his history by the
light of a lamp.
88 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
As this is but a little book, and
Robinson Crusoe’s story is a very
long one, we cannot give an account
of every thing he mentions in his own
history, but must content ourselves
with noticing the most interesting cir-
cumstances.
It happened very fortunately for
Robinson that the island had no savage
or venomous beasts upon it, which
was rather surprising for a spot in the
torrid zone. He found indeed wild
cats and wild goats, both of which he
tamed, and made of them a sort of
companions. Besides these, there were
birds, some of them good for food, and
‘parrots, one of which he caught, and
taught it to call him by his name.
His provisions brought from the
Attends his Goats.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 91
ship would not have subsisted him
more than a few months, so that he
was very glad to find supplies on the
island of some sort. He had the
flesh and milk of the goats, of whose
skins he made himself clothes; and
he found grapes and wild fruits in
abundance. There were, besides, hares
and rabbits, and fish to be obtained
occasionally from the sea. Still he
would have wanted corn victuals, if
he had not chanced to shake out one
of the ship's bags in which a few grains
had remained. These sprang up and
in time produced him all that he
required for himself and his goats.
In the print you see him attending
those animals.
92 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
WE have said that Robinson dug a
cave in the side of the hill. He
found this so much more cool and
comfortable in the heat of the day
than his tent, that he set to work to
enlarge it for a habitation at certain
times. He worked very hard at this
for eighteen days, and had just con-
gratulated himself on the progress he
had made, when a great misfortune
happened which had very nearly put
an end to all his adventures. The
earth from above tumbled down sud-
denly and almost buried him beneath
it ! With much difficulty he extricated
himself, and then had all his work
to do over again; taking care now to
prop up the ceiling of his cave as he
proceeded. After this happened an
Recovers from Illness.

ROBINSON CRUSOE, 95
earthquake, which made poor Robin-
son quake, accompanied by a storm
which almost tore his tent from the
ground.
But a worse misfortune than these,
and one that alarmed him much more,
was a dangerous illness, an ague that
attacked him and confined him to his
habitation many days, and which he
thought at one time would have ended
fatally. See how deplorable he looks,
with no attendants near but his cats
and his Poll-parrot
96 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
It was some time before poor Robin-
son recovered his usual health and
strength ; he could do little but
wander slowly about, trusting to
Nature as his only physician. When,
however, he became quite well, he
determined to make a more extensive
survey of the island than he had done
before; so he set out one fine morning
with such provisions as he could con-
veniently carry. ,
Wandering up by the banks of a
brook, he found many pleasant
meadows, rich and verdant; and in
places were growing many splendid
plants and flowers peculiar to the
warm climates. The chief of these
were aloes, sugar-canes, tobacco-plants,
and melons. Proceeding further, he
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ROBINSON CRUSOE. 99
came to woods of mahogany and cedar,
with vines and grapes in abundance.
When night came on, he climbed into
a tree as before : and this seems to be
the safest lodging in those countries
for travellers on such occasions. The
next morning he proceeded and found
the country still more luxuriant and
delightful, so that he could not help
feeling satisfaction at the thought that
it seemed to be all his own, and that
without dispute. Robinson travelled
thus some miles, and at length re-
turned home laden with delicious
fruits.
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BUT notwithstanding the fruits and
the animals Robinson obtained, he
found that he must turn farmer or
husbandman in earnest, if he would
be sure of a certain store of food for
the future. So he enclosed a piece of
ground, dug it up with much labour,
and sowed the grain in the proper
season. Do you know that the climate
in the torrid zone has only two kinds
of weather to mark the year, the
rainy season and the dry : thus, it is
rainy in our spring and autumn, and
dry during our summer and winter.
The first time he sowed his corn, he
lost his crop for want of knowing this:
the dry season came, and it was all
parched up, and so perished. I think
Robinson Crusoe must have been
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Turns Basket-maker.

-ROBINSON CRUSOE. 103
very well qualified to write a book of
trades, he had to undertake so many
himself. We find him a sailor, fish-
erman, ship-builder, carpenter, farmer,
grazier, butcher, basket-maker, pot
and pan maker, miller, tailor, and
twenty other things, and king of the
country at the same time. All this
was very curious, and it is certainly
entertaining enough to read about;
but Robinson would rather have been
engaged in any one of those trades in
England and no king at all, than shut
up in his lone island with nobody but
his cats and his parrot to speak to.—
What do you think of the matter?
104 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
We must now inquire more par-
ticularly how our friend Robinson
proceeded in some of the employments
just mentioned. — Poor fellow ! he
tells us that he had no pots or pans
to put and carry any liquid in, nor a
basket to take provisions with him on
a journey. Luckily he found some
willow-trees, whose long boughs and
tough twigs enabled him to provide
himself with baskets both light and
strong, though not perhaps very neat
or ornamental. He was more troubled
to make pots and pans, and would.
have given several pieces of his uselesss
gold for a good pitcher and a brown
dish, such as in England we can get
for a few pence. However, he set to
work; but he says we should both
105
Turns Potter.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 107
pity and laugh were we to see the
awkward, mis-shapen things he made
at first. Why, his pots fell in and
his pots fell out with their own weight;
and as for liquors, they all preferred
making the best of their way out, to
remaining confined in such ugly
apartments. But at length he found
out the method of forming these
vessels better, and of hardening them
too ; for, finding a piece of one of
them which had been in the fire acci-
dentally baked as hard as a stone, he
took the hint, and building up lighted
embers round his pots, made them as
solid as he wished.
108 ROBINSON ("RUSOE.
RoBINson's next concern was to
procure the means of grinding or
rather bruising his corn, for it was
neither convenient nor wholesome to
eat it whole. To construct a mill to
grind it, was out of the question;
though I dare say the island had both
wind and water. It was needful to
devise some more simple machine,
and he could think of nothing better
than a pestle and mortar. He spent
many a day endeavouring to find a
great stone big enough to hollow out
for the purpose, but was unsuccessful;
and probably if he had obtained one,
he could not have cut into it. At
last he procured a block of wood hard
enough, which he scooped out with
fire and labour. It was not very dif-
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ficult to form a pestle, or beater, with
a heavy knob at the end of the same
material. There he is, pounding away
and quite busy. I am afraid, with
all his labour, his flour was very coarse
and husky, so that his bread and
puddings must have set him coughing
sometimes.
112 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
Poon Robinson had a laborious time
of it when he turned carpenter; for
though he had trees enough, it cost
him weeks of toil to cut one down;
and then to make them into boards
without a saw was sad fatiguing work
indeed. He says he was forty-two
whole days making one long shelf for
his cave; for he had to chop each side
flat with his axe, so that you see one
tree made but one board ; but a
sawyer would in half a day have cut
out twenty or more. But he had a
more important project in his head
than making a shelf, or even a house.
What could it be—did he wish to
build a church, or a castle, or a tower?
Try and think for him, and imagine
what it was he desired most of all,
113
Crusoe a Carpenter.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. I 15
and at all times—yes, more than all
the comforts which a house replete with
every convenience could have supplied
him in his lonely island.
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J 16 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
I suppose you must have guessed
by this time that the thing Crusoe
most desired was a ship, or even a
boat, to bear him, if not to England,
at least to some land where there
were human beings to converse with !
Yes, that was what he longed for—
society. How thankful we ought all
to be for kind friends and relatives,
always at hand to aid or cheer us!
Solitude is the greatest punishment
almost that can be inflicted on us in
this life, and so Robinson found it.
As he walked one day by the sea-
side full of these thoughts, he saw
the large boat belonging to the ship-
wrecked vessel lying high up on the
beach, where it had been cast, bottom
upwards. Now, if half-a-dozen men
117
Finds a Boat on the Shore.

ROBINSON CRUSOE, 1}9
could but have lent him a hand for a
few minutes, they would have turned
it over and brought it to the sea, so
as to have floated off at high tide.
But there was only poor Robinsom,
who, although he got levers and rollers
from the wood, found that he could
not move the boat a foot | Then he
set himself to dig away the sand
beneath it; and thus indeed he did
alter the position of the boat, but still
he was quite unable to move it for-
ward; so he was obliged to give the
old boat up after he had spent many
days about it.
12ſ) ROBINSON CRUSOE,
I AM ready to think that it would
have been better for Robinson to con-
tent himself as well as he could on
his island, than to attempt to venture
out to sea in a boat by himself, if he had
one ready for his use. But he thought
differently; and finding that there were
no hopes of managing the ship's boat,
he resolved to try and make one—
he that had been seven weeks making
one single board | But so intent was
he on this scheme, that he did not
even reflect on the possibility of con-
veying the new boat to the sea, from
the wood where the tree was to be
felled. He owns that he acted very
much like a simpleton in all this
business. However, to work he went,
and cut down a cedar tree, almost
121
Builds a Boat.

ROBINSON CRUSOE, 123
six feet in diameter—that is, in width
straight across at the bottom. It is
most surprising that he could ever
fall such a tree He says he was
twenty days hewing and hacking at it
to cut it down ; fourteen more getting
the top and branches off. Then it
took him a month to shape the outside
of the log into something like the
fashion of a boat, and three months
more to hollow it out with fire and
labour.
So at last his boat was so far finished,
and it was big enough, he says, to have
carried six-and-twenty men . In fact,
he was quite delighted with it; but
does it not look odd to see him ad-
miring it so much, lying as it does in
the midst of a wood, not a bit of
rippling ocean to be seen 1
124 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
Robinson tells us that he was highly
delighted with his boat: but soon came
the sad reflection that it was not in,
nor near the water; and it happened,
unluckily, that between the boat and
the sea there was a hill ! Now he
had no more power to move this boat
than the other, and the distance was
greater. It seems that he never thought
of that. At first he tried to cut the
hill away; but that was rather too much
for him, and there was no railway
company to undertake it. Then he
thought to dig a canal or dock to let
the water up to the spot; and he cal-
culated that this would occupy him
ten or twelve years at least, there
being only two excavators, his right
hand and his left, to perform the work.
125
Tries to launch his Boat.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 127
This he thought was too much to
attempt, and so he gave up all thoughts
of launching this boat, which had
pleased him so highly at first. When
he had finished this boat, he had been
four years on that lonely, unknown
island
128 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
AND now Robinson tells us a little
of his condition. His clothes were
nearly worn to rags; his beard re-
sembled that of the goats around him ;
his shoes and stockings were long ago
worn out, nor had he a hat to his
head. As to provisions, those ob-
tained from the ship of course were
all gone ; and what was worse, his
powder and shot, with which he pro-
cured game, were nearly expended also.
His ink too, with which he wrote a
daily account of his affairs, was almost
gone ; and this want grieved him as
much as the others, some of which he
could in a sort of way supply. As
for clothes, he managed pretty well
with his goat-skins and threads of the
same to botch himself up a suit; nay,
129
Crusoe in his Dress of Skins.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 131
more, he made an umbrella of the
same material to defend him from the
heat of the sun : and thus equipped,
our engraving represents him walking
about his island.
His chief employments were, culti-
vating his fields and garden; gathering,
curing, and packing his fruits; attend-
ing his tamed animals; procuring and
dressing his food ; with various other
operations and labours needful in his
situation. Finding, however, that he
had still time on his hands, his mind
strangely reverted to his former design
of escaping if possible from the island.
132 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
HE therefore set about making a
much smaller and more manageable
boat or canoe than the former one,
and this task he completed success-
fully in about two years. He made
a mast and a sail out of the old ship's
stores; and having launched his little
vessel, was delighted to find that she
sailed very well.
In this curious canoe Robinson
made several short voyages of dis-
covery about the island, and at length
resolved to go completely round it.
So he victualled his ship for the
voyage, putting in two dozen loaves
of barley bread, an earthen pot full of
parched rice, a little bottle of rum,
half a goat, and some powder and shot,
with mats and skins to shelter him
133
Builds a second Boat,

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 135
from the weather. He says that it
was on the 8th of November, in the
6th year of his reign, or his captivity,
that he embarked on this voyage, not
without some apprehensions of the
dangers to which he might be exposed.
He took a sort of leave of his various
dumb acquaintances at his departure
from them. See, he is now pushing
off from the shorel Take care, Robin-
son—your bark is but a frail one, I
fear :—I think you had better keep
at home !
136 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
RoBINson, it seems, would sooneren-
counter adventures, and even dangers,
than have dull ease and safety. He
soon found that though the island
was not large, the ledges of rocks
about it forced him a good way out to
sea, and he narrowly escaped being
thrown upon them. When he had
passed these, he came to a furious
current, that is, a driving rush of
water in the sea, such as you observe"
at the sluice of a water-mill. He was
now between the rocks and this
current, which he feared would carry
away his boat and overwhelm it. He
continued beating about here for two
days unable to return, the wind being
contrary, and having only a choice of
dangers during that time. Then he
thought of his quiet hut and cave on
the island, and the provision and
other comforts there stored up, and
137
Sails about the Island.

RoBINSON CRUSOE. 139
bitterly reproached himself for his
restless desire of change. He stretched
forth his hands towards the island,
and said, “O happy, happy spot, I
shall never see thee more | O miser-
able creature, whither am I going?”
Now was he being driven into the
wide ocean, in despair of ever reaching
the land again. But just as he had
given himself up for lost, a breeze
arose towards the island. So on he
spread his little sail and plied his oars;
and so in the course of two or three
hours he regained the island, and
falling on his knees when he had
stepped ashore, he devoutly thanked
Almighty God for this great deliver-
ance. He laid himself down in his
cave to refresh his weary limbs, and
was not a little startled by a voice,
which said, “Robinson | Robinson |
where have you been P”
140 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
Robinson answered his parrot very
kindly, and, perhaps for want of other
ears, acknowledged to the bird how
very foolish he had been. He now
made himself more contented at home,
and set about improving his condition.
He made much better chairs and
tables, pots and pans, baskets, and
other useful articles, than he had at
first. Then he determined to increase
his stock of goats as his powder and
shot got low, with which he had pro-
cured game. So he made pitfalls for
the wild goats, in which at last he
caught as many as he required. He
enclosed for them a spacious meadow,
and thus could manage them without
inconvenience. His stock increased
so, that in about two years he had
141
Surrounded by his Household.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 143
nearly fifty goats, young and old. So
he had goat's flesh, and milk too,
when he pleased.
See him now in his cave, sitting
down to dinner. There is his Poll-
parrot on one side, looking very
knowing, his two cats on the other
looking very loving, and an old dog
at his feet. I wonder what he has
got for dinner? I should think goat-
mutton, roast or boiled, and perhaps
some of his barley bread boiled in
milk for a pudding. Should you not
like to dine with him P
144 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
Robinson wished very much that
some one could have taken a sketch
of him, in his walking-dress, as he
strolled about the island. He has
described it so, that the artist has, I
see, accomplished the task. We will
explain it in his own words. “I
had a great, high, shapeless cap, made
of a goat's skin, with a flap hanging
down behind, as well to keep the sun
from me as to keep out the rain. I
had a short jacket of goat’s skin, with
long skirts; pantaloons of the same
shaggy material; of which also I had
socks or buskins, that supplied the
place of shoes and stockings. I had
a broad belt, in loops of which hung
a saw and a hatchet; another belt,
having a pouch, swung over my
145
Robinson in his Walking Dress.

ROBINSON CRUSOE, 147
shoulder, in which I kept my powder
and shot; at my back I carried a
basket, on my shoulder a gun, and
over my head a great clumsy thing
made of goat's skin, like an umbrella,
to keep off the sun.” So much for
the appearance and condition of our
friend Robinson Crusoe : we must
now attend to other things, as new
events soon opened upon him. “It
happened,” says he, “one day about
noon as I was walking on the shore,
that I discerned, to my unspeakable
surprise, the plain impression of a
man's foot on the sand!”
148 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
Robinson declares that he stood like
one thunderstruck; he listened, looked
around, mounted a hill, listened again,
but could perceive nothing more. At
length he sped home as fast as his
legs would carry him, fearing an
enemy at every turn. He skipped
over the wall of his enclosure and
drew the ladder quietly after him,
and passed a sleepless night. Now
again he wished for that undisturbed
solitude of which he had complained
before. He wearied his brain with
conjectures as to who the persons
could be whose foot-marks he had
seen, and whence they could have
come. He continued in this alarm
some days, during which time he
scarcely dared to peep abroad. When
149
Discovers a Footmark.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 1 51
he did so, he saw nothing of any human
beings; but determined to render his
dwelling more secure by strengthening
the fences round his dwelling, and
thus making them answer the purpose
of fortifications to his little castle! He,
however, passed two years more with-
out disturbance of any kind, and the
fear of enemies began to subside, till
again his solitude was his chief afflic-
tion.
152 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
AND now poor Robinson thought
he might venture abroad again without
apprehension, and was walking near
the sea-shore, as before, when a sight
presented itself, which made his hair
stand on end with surprise and horror.
The shore was spread with skulls,
hands, feet, and other bones of human
bodies; and there was a hole dug in
which had been a fire, and these
human bones, he perceived, had evi-
dently been roasted at it! Cannibals
had been there ! What are cannibals?
I must tell you—they are savage and
wicked men, who kill and devour one
another " Oh, how dreadful is the
thought !—Now I suppose you no
longer wish to dwell on Robinson
Crusoe’s island? Barbarous uations
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Discovers human Skulls.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 155
there were in great numbers, who
made a constant practice of eating
their enemies whenever they could
catch them. Oh, let us be thankful
that our lot is cast in happy England,
where no such horrid doings were
ever known. I am afraid we must
not say that the dreadful custom of
feasting on human flesh is even now
quite disused in all parts of the world.
156 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
RoBINson nearly fainted at the dread-
ful sight of these human remains, and
was in fact made ill by the excess of
his feelings and disgust. When he
regained his home, he endeavoured to
compose himself, and thanked God
that he had been brought up, not
with such monsters, but in civilised
society. He was, however, not quite
so much alarmed on account of his
own safety as before; for as he had
lived on the island eighteen years, he
knew that it was inhabited by no
human being but himself, and believed
that the savages only used the spot as
an occasional retreat, for the purpose
of enjoying their inhuman repast in
greater security. He therefore con-
tented himself with avoiding generally
Arrival of the Cannibals.

ROBINSON CRUSOE, 159
that part of the island where the
savages had landed, and made himself
as snug and safe as he could in his own
dwelling ; he loaded his guns and pis-
tols, and kept much at home : but one
day, mounting the hill above his cave,
he plainly perceived a smoke at no
great distance, and thus it was evident
that danger was approaching him. He
peeped through the bushes a little
further on, and saw nine savages
dancing round a fire, at which, he
doubted not, the flesh of human
beings was then roasting ! In a few
hours the savages took to their canoes,
and then Robinson carefully ap-
proached the spot they had left. The
remains of their feast were too horrid
to describe.
160 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
Robinson was now indeed afraid
that he should one day fall into the
hands of these dreadful barbarians.
He, however, passed a year or two
without seeing any more of them.
But now a surprise of quite a different
kind startled him one day as he was
musing in his cave. It was the distinct
sound of a ship's gun . He started
up instantly, and mounting the hill,
looked out to sea, and saw a flash of
fire, soon followed by the report of a
second gun. Now he felt convinced
that there was some ship in distress
out at sea—for, do you know, that
when they are in very great difficulty
and danger out at sea, and are afraid
of being wrecked, they fire guns every
minute to inform any persons who
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ROBINSON CRUSOE, 163
may be within hearing that help is
wanted. Robinson made a fire as a
signal, which was soon answered by
another gun; he looked out, and
could just see an object out at sea,
but the weather was too hazy to dis-
cern it distinctly. The next morning
he looked out again, and then saw
plainly enough the wreck of a ship,
cast away on the same rocks as those
on which himself had been thrown
many years before!
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164 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
WHEN the sea was calm, Robinson
rowed himself to the wreck, and found
that not a soul on board was left
alive. He obtained from the vessel
many articles of which he was much
in want, and made many voyages for
that purpose as he had done before.
Another year or two passed away,
and Robinson continued as solitary as
ever; but at length it seemed as if he
was to have company more than
enough, for he saw five canoes full of
Savages approaching the island . He
fetched the telescope which he had
obtained from the ship, and, climbing
his hill of observation, he plainly
discerned about thirty persons sitting
round a fire, and two apparently
bound ready to be killed ! One of
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ROBINSON CRUSOE. 167
these he presently saw, releasing him-
self from his bonds, dart away from
his enemies like lightning towards the
woods. With such amazing swiftness
did he run, urged by hopes and fears
for his life, that he left his pursuers
far behind, and rapidly approached
the spot where Robinson was standing,
who now thought it time to interfere.
He sprang in between the pursuers
and the pursued, and firing off, first a
pistol, and then a musket, so despe-
rately alarmed the savages, who had
never heard fire-arms before, and who
saw one of their companions drop
dead, that they immediately took to
their canoes, and went away as fast as
they could ply their oars.
168 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
THE young savage who had escaped
from his enemies was not less alarmed
than the rest, and fell flat on his face
before Robinson, who had much ado
to soothe him and to persuade him to
F1S6.
You see this young savage would
have been killed and eaten in a very
short time, if he had not slipped his
cords and run away. He seemed
very thankful to Robinson, though of
course he could not make himself
understood by words ; and, to make
short of it, Robinson found him a
very excellent companion and assist-
ant, when he had taught him a few
things and a few words of English.
As it was on a Friday that Robinson
first saw him, he gave him that name,
169
Friday’s Gratitude.

ROBINSON CRUSOE, 171
and you will hear of him now as his
man Friday ! He was very clever,
expert, obedient, and attached to his
master; he soon learned the use of
European implements, and could shoot
game with a gun exceedingly well.
Robinson taught him the principles of
religion, made him abhor the savage
practices of his own nation, and, in
fact, educated him and civilised him
completely in the course of time.
172 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
RoBINson and his man Friday
passed some years together without
any particular adventure. It was one
morning in the year, which was the
twenty-seventh of Crusoe’s captivity
in the island, that Friday perceived a
number of canoes full of savages ap-
proaching the island. The young
man was dreadfully frightened, think-
ing they were come to seek for him
and eat him up ; but Robinson com-
forted him, and promised to defend
him. When the savages had sat
down on the shore, it was soon evident
that they were come on their old
errand, and meditated another horrid
feast. So Robinson and Friday each
took as many guns as they could
carry, and determined to put a stop
to such dreadful proceedings. They
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ROBINSON CRUSOE, 175
approached as near as they could
without being discovered, and could
see plainly about twenty savages
feasting away, and two wretched ones
bound ready to be killed. Then
Robinson determined to fire their
guns at the savage men. This they
repeated until two or three of the
savages were killed, many wounded,
and therest most dreadfully frightened,
not knowing whence this attack pro-
ceeded. In great consternation they
jumped up and took to their boats,
leaving their prisoners still bound on
the shore. One of these, it appeared,
was a white man, a Spaniard, who
jumped for joy at his deliverance, so
happy and so unexpected. Who do
you think the other was? I will
tell vou presently.
176 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
THE other intended victim, thus
surprisingly released, was an old man,
at whom Friday gazed at first with
intense earnestness, and at length,
rushing towards him, clasped in his
arms his own father It is impossible
to describe the mutual joy of parent
and child on this occasion. Friday
danced about him and showed the
utmost degree of filial duty and affec-
tion. He rubbed his benumbed
hands, brought him drink and food,
and had the satisfaction of seeing his
father's activity at length restored.
Robinson was scarcely less surprised
and pleased at this strange event; and
now questioned the Spaniard, and
found that he too had been cast away,
but not on an uninhabited land. He
Friday discovers his Father.

ROBINSON CRUSCE. 179
had lived some time with the natives,
when they were attacked and over-
powered by a neighbouring tribe, who
took himself and many others pri-
soners, who would all have been
devoured had they not been delivered
by Robinson and his man Friday.
Very thankful they were for their
escape, and for the food and shelter
Robinson gave them. He might
now indeed call himself a king, having
subjects three in number, who ac-
knowledged his authority: but we
have more events presently to relate.
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180 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
MoRE visitors now poured in on
Robinson. One morning his man
Friday ran and told him that a canoe,
such as he had never seen before, was
in sight and rowing towards them.
Robinson soon perceived that they
were Europeans—yes—and how great
was his joy to find that they were
English too ! Yet he had his fears
that these people could be after no
good, and there had been no storm to
injure any vessel. So Robinson kept
on his guard, and now saw plainly an
English ship at anchor at no great
distance. The boat drew to shore,
the men landed, and bore on their
shoulders three persons bound as pri-
soners. Robinson soon found out
what was the nature of the case, and
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ROBINSON CRUSOE. 183
being a man of courage, determined,
if possible, to release these prisoners
as he had done the others. Whilst,
therefore, the sailors were absent
ranging in the woods, he and Friday
approached, and unbinding the men,
who were utterly astonished at their
deliverers, bade them defend them-
selves and put arms in their hands.
These three with Robinson and his
companions made seven in all, who,
finding the sailors in the woods drunk
or asleep, came on them unawares,
bound them all with cords, and so
made them prisoners in turn l—Was
not that well done 9
184 ROBINSON CRUSOE.
I cannot describe the surprise and
alarm of these men at finding them-
selves bound fast, and their prisoners
released ; but they were obliged to
submit. The fact is, these sailors
were mutineers, that is, they had
rebelled against the captain and officers
of their ship, and had brought them
to this island for the purpose of
leaving them to perish ; but you see
their violent doings were overruled
against them. They now implored
mercy, for they knew they were in
the power of their officers again and
had deserved to die. Their captain
referred all to Robinson, whom they
made judge in this business. He
said he could not promise them what
he would do for two or three days—
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Attacks the Mutineers.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 187
then they would find out his inten-
tions. This was very cleverly ma-
naged; for the people in the ship, won-
dering that their companions did not
return, sent another boatful to the
island, leaving only two or three in
the vessel. When Robinson and his
men saw them coming, they hid them-
selves; and as soon as the men stepped
ashore, they rushed upon them so
suddenly and with such resolution,
that they mastered them every one,
and took possession of both their boats.
188 ROBINSON CRUSOE,
RoBINSoN and the captain managed
matters so well that they got posses-
sion of the ship, and granted the men
their lives on condition that the worst
of them should remain on the island,
and the others return to their duty
and work the ship back to England.
And so you see Robinson had an
opportunity of returning to his native
land at last. He and his man Friday
took leave of theisland and brought the
Spaniard away with them. Friday's
father went back to his own country,
and the rest of the English sailors
took possession of Robinson's island
with his permission. He arrived in
England after thirty years' absence,
and found very few of his relatives
alive. Robinson was so fortunate as
J 89
Sails for England.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 191
to dispose of his plantations in the
Brazils for a great deal of money,
with which he bought a farm in
England, Friday still continuing his
most faithful servant. I find that
Robinson some years after paid his
island a visit, regulated matters there,
and again returned to England, where
he died, at a good old age.
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