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Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 1.

I was born bear at York on the first of March 行军；三月 in 1630. From the time when I was quite a young child, I had felt a great wish to spend my life at sea. As I grew grow, so did this taste grow stronger and stronger. At last I left my school and home, and found my way on foot to London, where I soon got a place on board a ship.

After we had set sail 航行；帆 for only a few days, a strong wind came on, and on the fifth night we had a leak 泄漏. All hands were sent send to the pumps 泵, but it was soon quite clear there was no hope for her, and that all we could do was to save our lives.

The first thing was to fire off guns, to show that we were in need of help, and at length a ship, which lay lie not far from us, sent a boat to our aid 援助. But the sea was too rough for it to lie near our ship's side, so we threw throw out a rope 粗绳, which the men in the boat caught catch, and tied to their boat, and by this means we all got in. Still in so wild a sea it was not possible to get on board the ship which had sent out the men, or to use our oars in the boat, and all we could do was to let it float 漂浮 to shore.

In the space of half an hour our own ship struck strike on a rock and went down, and we saw her no more. We made slow way to the land, which we caught sight of land now and then when the boat rose rise to the top of some high wave, and there we saw men who ran in crowds, all bent bend on one thing, and that was to save us.

At last to our great joy 喜悦 we got on shore, where we had the luck to meet with friends who gave us the means to get back to London; and if I had now had the good sense to go home, it would have been well for me.

The man whose 谁的 ship had gone down said with a grave 坟墓；严重的 look, "Young boy, you ought to go to sea no more, it is not the kind, of life for you." "Why Sir 先生, will you go to sea no more then?" "That is not the same kind of thing; I was bred 养育；繁殖:breed to the sea, but you were not, and came on board my ship just to find out what a life at sea was like, and you may guess what you will come to if you do not go back to your home. God will not bless 祝福 you, and it may be that you have brought all this bad luck to us."

I spoke speak not a word more to him; which way he went I knew not, nor did I care to know, for I was hurt 损害 at this rude 粗鲁的 speech. Shall I go home thought I, or shall I go to sea? Shame 羞愧 kept me from home, and I could not make up my mind what course of life to take.

As it has been my fate 命运 through life to choose for the worst 生病:ill, so I did now. I had gold 金 in my purse 钱包, and good clothes on my back, and to sea I went once more.

But I had worse luck this time than the last, for when we were far out at sea, some Turks 土耳其人 in a small ship came on our track 小路 in full chase 追. We set as much sail 航行；帆 as our boat would bear, so as to get clear from them. But in spite 恶意 of this, we saw our enemies gain on us, and we felt sure that they would come up with our ship in a few hours' time.

At last they caught us, but we brought our guns to fire on them, which made them stay away for a time, yet they kept up a fire at us as long as they were in range. The next time the Turks came up, some of their men got on board our ship, and set to work to cut the sails 航行；帆, and do us all kinds of harm 损害. So, as ten 十 of our men lay dead, and most of the rest had wounds 创伤, we gave in.

The chief of the Turks took me as his prize 奖赏 to a port 港口 which was held by the Moors 穆斯林. He did not use me so ill 生病 as at first I thought he would have done, but he set me to work with the rest of his slaves. This was a change in my life which I did not think had been in store for me. How my heart sank 淹没:sink with grief 哀思 at the thought of those whom 谁 I had left at home, no, to whom I had not had the grace 优雅；惠赐 so much as to say "Good bye 再见" when I left them, nor to give a hint 暗示 of what I meant to do!

Yet all that I went through at this time was but a taste of the toils 辛劳 and cares which it has since been my lot to bear.

I thought at first that the Turk might take me with him when next he went to sea, and so I should find some way to get free; but the hope did not last long, for at such times he left me on shore to see to his crops 农作物. This kind of life I led for two years, and as the Turk knew and saw more of me, he made me more and more free. He went out in his boat once or twice 两次 a week to catch a kind of flat fish, and now and then he took me and a boy with him, for we were quick at this kind of sport, and he grew quite fond 喜欢的 of me.

One day the Turk sent me in the boat to catch some fish, with no one else but a man and a boy. While we were out so thick a fog 多雾路段 came on that though we were out not half a mile from the shore, we quite lost sight of it for twelve 十二 hours; and when the sun rose the next day, our boat was at least ten 十 miles out at sea. The wind blew blow fresh, and we were all much in want of food, but at last, with the help of our oars and sail, we got back safe to land.

When the Turk heard how we had lost our way, he said that the next time he went out, he would take a boat that would hold all we could want if we were kept out at sea. So he had quite a state room built in the long boat of his ship, as well as a room for us slaves. One day he sent me to clean the boat, as he had two friends who would go in it to fish with him. But when the time came they did not go, so he sent me with the man and the boy— whose 谁的 name was John—to catch some fish for the guests that were to have dinner with him.

Now the thought struck me all at once that this would be a good chance to run away with the boat, and get free. So in the first place, I took all the food that I could lay my hands on, and I told the man that it would be too bold 胆大的；醒目的 of us to eat of the bread 面包 that had been put in the boat for the Turk. He said he thought so too, and he brought down a small sack 解雇 of rice 稻 and some hard bread.

While the man was on shore I put up some wine, a large lump 块 of wax 蜡, a saw, an axe 斧子, a spade 铁锹, some rope 粗绳, and all sorts of things that might be of use to us. I knew where the Turk's case of wine was, and I put that in the boat while the man was on shore. By one more trick 哄骗；诀窍 I got all that I had need of. I said to the boy, "the Turk's guns are in the boat, but there is no shot shoot. Do you think you could get some? You know where it is kept, and we may want to shoot a bird or two." So he brought a case and a bag 袋 which held all that we could want for the guns. These I put in the boat, and then set sail out of the port 港口 to fish.

The wind blew, from the North, or North West, which was a bad wind for me; for had it been South I could have made for the coast of Spain. But, blow which way it might, my mind was made up to get off, and to leave the rest to fate 命运. I then let down my lines to fish, but I took care to have bad sport; and when the fish bit 一点, I would not pull them up, for the Moor was not to see them. I said to him, "This will not do, we shall catch no fish here, we ought to sail on a bit." Well, the Moor thought there was no harm 损害 in this. He set the sails, and, as the wheel was in my hands, I ran the boat out a mile or more, and then brought her to, as if I meant to fish.

Now, thought I, the time has come for me to get free! I gave the wheel to the boy, and then took the Moor round the waist 腰, and threw him out of the boat.

Down he went! but soon rose up, for he swam 游泳:swim like a duck 鸭子. He said he would go all round the world with me, if I would but take him in.

I had some fear lest 免得 he should climb up the boat's side, and force his way back; so I brought my gun to point at him, and said, "You can swim 游泳 to land with ease 轻松 if you choose, make haste 匆忙 then to get there; but if you come near the boat you shall have a shot through the head, for I mean to be a free man from this hour."

He then swam for the shore, and no doubt got safe there, as the sea was so calm 镇定的.

At first I thought I would take the Moor with me, and let John swim 游泳 to land; but the Moor was not a man that I could trust. When he was gone I said to John, "If you will swear 发誓 to be true to me, you shall be a great man in time; if not, I must throw you out of the boat too."

The poor boy gave me such a sweet smile as he swore 发誓:swear to be true to me, that I could not find it in my heart to doubt him.

While the man was still in view (for he was on his way to the land), we sailed 航行；帆 out to sea, so that he and those that saw us from the shore might think we had gone to the straits' mouth, for no one went to the South coast, as a tribe 部落 of men lived there who were known to kill and eat their enemies.

We then bent our course to the East, so as to keep in with the shore; and as we had a fair wind and a smooth sea, by the next day at noon 正午, we were not less than 150 miles out of the reach of the Turk.

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Chapter 2

I had still some fear lest 免得 I should be caught by the Moors, so I would not go on shore in the day time. But when it grew dark we made our way to the coast, and came to the mouth of a stream, from which we thought we could swim to land, and then look round us. But as soon as it was quite dark we heard strange sounds—barks 吠, roars 咆哮, grunts 咕噜, and howls 嗥. The poor boy said he could not go on shore till 到 dawn 黎明. "Well," said I, "then we must give it up, but it may be that in the day time we shall be seen by men, who for all we know would do us more harm 损害 than wild beasts 野兽." "Then we give them the shoot gun," said John with a laugh, "and make them run away." I was glad 高兴的 to see so much joy 喜悦 in the boy, and gave him some bread 面包 and rice 稻.

We lay still at night, but did not sleep long, for in a few hours' time some very big beasts came down to the sea to bathe 给…洗澡. The poor boy shook shake from head to foot at the sight. One of these beasts came near our boat, and though it was too dark to see him well, we heard him puff 噗 and blow, and knew that he must be a large one by the noise 噪音 he made. At last the brute 畜生 came as near to the boat as two oars' length, so I shot at him, and he swam to the shore.

The roar 咆哮 and cries set up by beasts and birds at the noise of my gun would seem to show that we had made a bad choice of a place to land on; but be that as it would, to shore we had to go to find some fresh spring, so that we might fill our water casks. John said if I would let him go with one of the jars 罐, he would find out if the springs were fit to drink; and, if they were sweet, he would bring the jar 罐 back full. "Why should you go?" said I; "Why should not I go, and you stay in the boat?" At this John said, "if wild mans come they eat me, you go away." I could not but love the boy for this kind speech. "Well," said I, "we will both go, and if the wild men come we must kill them, they shall not eat you or me."

I gave John some rum 朗姆酒 from the Turk's case to cheer 欢呼 him up, and we went on shore. The boy went off with his gun, full a mile from the spot where we stood, and came back with a rabit that he had shot, which we were glad 高兴的 to cook and eat; but the good news which he brought was that he had found a spring, and had seen no wild men.

I made a guess that the Cape 海角；斗篷 de Verd Isles were not far off, for I saw the top of the Great Peak 峰, which I knew was near them. My one hope was that if I kept near the coast, I should find some ship that would take us on board; and then, and not till 到 then, should I feel a free man. In a word, I put the whole of my fate 命运 on this chance, that I must meet with some ship, or die.

On the coast we saw some men who stood to look at us. They were black, and wore wear no clothes. I would have gone on shore to them, but John—who knew best—said, "Not you go! Not you go!" So I brought the boat as near the land as I could, that I might talk to them, and they kept up with me a long way. I saw that one of them had a lance in his hand.

I made signs that they should bring me some food, and they on their part made signs for me to stop my boat. So I let down the top of my sail, and lay by, while two of them ran off; and in less than half an hour they came back with some dry meat 肉 and a sort of corn 玉米 which is grown grow in this part of the world. This we should have been glad to get, but knew not how to do so; for we durst not go on shore to them, nor did they dare 敢 to come to us. At last they took a safe way for us all, for they brought the food to the shore, where they set it, down, and then went a long way off while we took it in. We made signs to show our thanks, for we had not a thing that we could spare 节省；多余的；备用件 to give them.

But as good luck would have it, we were at hand to take a great prize 奖赏 for them; for two wild beasts, of the same kind as the first I spoke of, came in, full chase 追 from the hills down to the sea.

They swam as if they had come for sport. The men flew fly from them in fear, all but the one who held the lance. One of these beasts came near our boat; so I lay in wait for him with my gun; and as soon as the brute 畜生 was in range, I shot him through the head. Twice 两次 he sank down in the sea, and twice 两次 he came up; and then just swam to the land, where he fell fall down dead. The men were in as much fear at the sound of my gun, as they had been at the sight of the beasts. But when I made signs for them to come to the shore, they took heart, and came.

They at once made for their prize 奖赏; and by the help of a rope 粗绳, which they slung round him, they brought him safe on the beach 海滩.

We now left our wild men, and went on and on, for twelve 十二 days more. The land in front of us ran out four or five miles, like a bill; and we had to keep some way from the coast, to make this point, so that we lost sight of the shore.

I gave the helm 舵 to John and sat sit down to think what would be my best course to take: when all at once I heard the boy cry out "A ship with a sail! A ship with a sail!" He did not show much joy at the sight, for he thought that this ship had been sent out to take him back: but I knew well, from the look of her, that she was not one of the Turk's.

I made all the sail I could to come in the ship's way, and told John to fire a gun, in the hope that if those on deck 甲板 could not hear the sound, they might see the smoke. This they did see, and then let down their sails so that we might come up to them, and in three hours time we were at the ship's side. The men spoke to us in French, but I could not make out what they meant. At last a Scot on board said in my own tongue 舌头, "Who are you? Where do you come from?" I told him in a few words how I had got free from the Moors.

Then the man who had charge of the ship asked me come on board, and took me in with John and all my goods. I told him that he might take all I had, but he said "You shall have your goods back when we come to land, for I have but done for you what you would have done for me, had I been in the same trouble."

He gave me a good amount of money for my boat, and said that I should have the same amount for John, if I would part with him. But I told him that as it was by the boy's help that I had got free, I did not want to sell him. He said it was just and right in me to feel thus, but at the same time, if I could make up my mind to part with him, he should be set free in two years' time. So, as the poor slave had a wish to go with him, I did not say "no." I got to All Saints' Bay in three weeks, and was now a free man.

I had made a good amount of money by all my store, and with this I went on land. But I did not at all know what to do next. At length I met with a man whose 谁的 case was much the same as my own, and we both took some land to farm. My stock, like his, was low, but we made our farms serve to keep us in food, though not more than that. We both stood in need of help, and I saw now that I had done wrong to part with my boy.

I did not at all like this kind of life. What! thought I, have I come all this way to do that which I could have done as well at home with my friends round me! And to add to my grief 哀思, the kind friend, who had brought me here in his ship, now meant to leave these shores.

On my first start to sea when a boy, I had put a small amount of money in the hands of an aunt 阿姨, and this my friend said I should do well to spend on my farm. So when he got home he sent some of it in cash 现金, and laid out the rest in cloth 布, stuffs 塞满；材料, baize, and such like goods. My aunt had put a few pounds in my friend's hands as a gift 赠品 to him, to show her thanks for all that he had done for me, and with this amount of money he was so kind as to buy me a slave. In the mean time I had bought buy a slave, so now I had two, and all went on well for the next year.

But soon my plans grew too large for my means. One day some men came to ask me to take charge of a slave ship to be sent out by them. They said they would give me a share in the slaves, and pay the cost of the stock. This would have been a good thing for me if I had not had farms and land; but it was wild and rash 皮疹 to think of it now, for I had made a large amount of money, and ought to have gone on in the same way for three or four years more. Well, I told these men that I would go with all my heart, if they would look to my farm in the mean time, which they said they would do.

So I made my will, and went on board this ship on the same day on which, eight 八 years since, I had left London. She had six guns, twelve 十二 men, and a boy. We took with us saws, chains, toys 玩具, beads 珠子, bits 一点 of glass, and such like ware 器具, to suit the taste of those with whom 谁 we had to trade.

We were not more than twelve 十二 days from the Line, when a high wind took us off we knew not where. All at once there was a cry of "Land!" and the ship struck on a bank of sand 沙, in which she sank so deep that we could not get her off. At last we found that we must make up our minds to leave her, and get to shore as well as we could. There had been a boat at her stern 严肃, but we found it had been torn tear off by the force of the waves. One small boat was still left on the ship's side, so we got in it.

There we were all of us on the wild sea. The heart of each now grew faint 微弱的, our cheeks 脸颊 were pale, and our eyes were dim 暗淡, for there was but one hope, and that was to find some bay, and so get in the lee of the land. We now gave up our whole souls to God.

The sea grew more and more rough, and its white foam 泡沫 would curl 一绺鬈发 and boil 煮沸. At last the waves, in their wild sport, burst 爆裂 on the boat's side, and we were all thrown throw out.

I could swim well, but the force of the waves made me lose my breath too much to do so. At length one large wave took me to the shore, and left me high and dry, though half dead with fear. I got on my feet and made the best of my way for the land; but just then the curve of a very big wave rose up as high as a hill, and this I had no strength to keep from, so it took me back to the sea. I did my best to float 漂浮 on the top, and held my breath to do so. The next wave was quite as high, and shut 关闭 me up in its bulk 块. I held my hands down tight 紧的 to my side, and then my head shot out at the top of the waves. This gave me heart and breath too, and soon my feet felt the ground grind.

I stood quite still for a short time, to let the sea run back from me, and then I set off with all my might to the shore, but yet the waves caught me, and twice 两次 more did they take me back, and twice 两次 more land me on the shore. I thought the last wave would have been the death of me, for it drove drive me on a piece of rock, and with such force, as to leave me in a kind of swoon, which, thank God, did not last long. At length, to my great joy, I got up to the cliffs 悬崖 close to the shore, where I found some grass 草, out of the reach of the sea. There, I sat down, safe on land at last.

I could but cry out in the words of the Psalm, "They that go down to the sea in ships, these men see the works of the Lord in the deep. For at His word the storms 暴风雨 rise, the winds blow, and lift up the waves; then do they mount 增加 to the sky, and from thence go down to the deep. My soul faints 微弱的, I reel 卷轴 to and fro 来来往往, and am at my wit 风趣's end: then the Lord brings me out of all my fears."

I felt so wrapt in joy, that all I could do was to walk up and down the coast, now lift up my hands, now fold 折叠 them on my breast 乳房, and thank God for all that He had done for me, when the rest of the men were lost. All lost but I, and I was safe! I now cast 投 my eyes round me, to find out what kind of a place it was that I had been thus thrown in, like a bird in a storm 暴风雨. Then all the delight I felt at first left me; for I was wet 湿的 and cold, and had no dry clothes to put on, no food to eat and not a friend to help me.

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Chapter 3

There were wild beasts here, but I had no gun to shoot them with, or to keep me from their jaws 下巴. I had but a knife and a pipe 管子. It now grew dark; and where was I to go for the night? I thought the top of some high tree would be a good place to keep me out of harm 3's way; and that there I might sit and think of death, for, as yet, I had no hopes of life. Well, I went to my tree, and made a kind of nest （鸟）窝 to sleep in. Then I cut a stick to keep off the beasts of prey 猎物, in case they should come, and fell to sleep just as if the branch I lay on had been a bed of down.

When I woke 醒:wake up it was broad day; the sky too was clear and the sea calm 镇定的. But I saw from the top of the tree that in the night the ship had left the bank of sand 沙, and lay but a mile from me; while the boat was on the beach 海滩, two miles on my right. I went some way down by the shore, to get to the boat; but an arm of the sea, half a mile broad, kept me from it. At noon 正午, the tide 潮汐 went a long way out, so that I could get near the ship; and here I found that if we had but made up our minds to stay on board, we should all have been safe.

I shed tears at the thought, for I could not help it; yet, as there was no use in that, it struck me that the best thing for me to do was to swim to the ship. I soon threw off my clothes, took to the sea, and swam up to the wreck 破坏；使遇难. But how was I to get on deck 甲板? I had swam twice 两次 round the ship, when a piece of rope 3, caught my eye, which hung down from her side so low, that at first the waves hid hide it. By the help of this rope I got on board. I found that there was a bulge 凸 in the ship, and that she had sprung a leak 泄漏. You may be sure that my first thought was to look round for some food, and I soon made my way to the bin 箱子, where the bread 3 was kept, and ate some of it as I went to and fro 来来往往, for there was no time to lose. There was, too, some rum 朗姆酒 , of which I took a good draught, and this gave me heart. What I stood most in need of, was a boat to take the goods to shore. But it was vain 徒劳的 to wish for that which could not be had; and as there were some spare 节省；多余的；备用件 yards in the ship, two or three large planks 板 of wood, and a spare mast 桅杆 or two, I fell to work with these, to make a raft 筏.

I put four spars side by side, and laid short bits of plank 板 on them, cross ways, to make my raft 筏 strong. Though these planks 板 would bear my own weight, they were too slight to bear much of my freight 货物. So I took a saw which was on board, and cut a mast 桅杆 in three lengths, and these gave great strength to the raft 筏. I found some bread and rice 稻, a Dutch cheese 奶酪, and some dry goat 山羊's flesh 肉. There had been some wheat 小麦, but the rats 鼠 had got at it, and it was all gone.

My next task 任务 was to screen my goods from the spray 喷雾 of the sea; and it did not take me long to do this, for there were three large chests 胸部 on board which held all, and these I put on the raft 筏. When the high tide 潮汐 came up it took off my coat and shirt 衬衫, which I had left on the shore; but there were some fresh clothes in the ship.

"See here is a prize 3!" said I, out loud 响亮的, (though there were none to hear me), "now I shall not starve 饿死." For I found four large guns. But how was my raft 筏 to be got to land? I had no sail, no oars; and a gust 阵风 of wind would make all my store slide off. Yet there were three things which I was glad of; a calm sea, a tide 潮汐 which set in to the shore, and a slight breeze 微风 to blow me there.

I had the good luck to find some oars in a part of the ship, in which I had made no search till now. With these I put to sea, and for half a mile my raft 筏 went well; but soon I found it drove to one side. At length I saw a creek 溪, to which, with some toil 辛劳, I took my raft 筏; and now the beach 海滩 was so near, that I felt my oar 桨 touch the ground.

Here I had well nigh lost my freight 货物, for the shore lay on a slope 斜坡, so that there was no place to land on, save where one end of the raft 筏 would lie so high, and one end so low, that all my goods would fall off. To wait till the tide 3 came up was all that could be done. So when the sea was a foot deep, I thrust 推力 the raft 筏 on a flat piece of ground, to moor 泊 her there, and stuck stick my two oars in the sand, one on each side of the raft 筏. Thus I let her lie till the ebb 落潮 of the tide, and when it went down, she was left safe on land with all her freight 货物.

I saw that there were birds on the island, and I shot one of them. Mine must have been the first gun that had been heard there since the world was made; for at the sound of it, whole flocks 群 of birds flew up, with loud 响亮的 cries, from all parts of the wood. The shape of the beak 喙 of the one I shot was like that of a hawk 鹰, but the claws 爪 were not so large.

I now went back to my raft 筏 to land my stores, and this took up the rest of the day. What to do at night I knew not, nor where to find a safe place to land my stores on. I did not like to lie down on the ground, for fear of beasts of prey 猎物, as well as snakes, but there was no cause for these fears, as I have since found. I put the chests and boards round me as well as I could, and made a kind of hut 小屋 for the night.

As there was still a great store of things left in the ship, which would be of use to me, I thought that I ought to bring them to land at once; for I knew that the first storm 暴风雨 would break up the ship. So I went on board, and took good care this time not to load my raft 筏 too much.

The first thing, I sought for was the tool chest 胸部; and in it were some bags 袋 of nails 钉子, spikes 穗, saws, knives, and such things: but best of all I found a stone to grind 磨碎 my tools on. There were two or three flasks 烧瓶, some large bags of shot, and a roll of lead; but this last I had not the strength to hoist 提升 up to the ship's side, so as to get it on my raft 筏. There were some spare 3 sails too which I brought to shore.

I had some fear lest 免得 my stores might be run off with by beasts of prey 猎物, if not by men; but I found all safe and sound when I went back, and no one had come there but a wild cat 猫, which sat on one of the chests. When I came up I held my gun at her, but as she did not know what a gun was, this did not rouse 唤醒 her. She ate a piece of dry goat 山羊's flesh 肉, and then took her leave.

Now that I had two freights 货物 of goods at hand, I made a tent 帐篷 with the ship's sails, to stow them in, and cut the poles 极 for it from the wood. I now took all the things out of the casks and chests, and put the casks in piles 堆 round the tent, to give it strength; and when this was done, I shut 关闭 up the door with the boards, spread one of the beds (which I had brought from the ship) on the ground, laid two guns close to my head, and went to bed for the first time. I slept sleep all night, for I was much in need of rest.

The next day I was sad 悲哀的 and sick at heart, for I felt how dull 钝的；没兴趣 it was to be thus cut off from all the rest of the world. I had no great wish for work: but there was too much to be done for me to dwell 住 long on my sad lot. Each day as it came, I went off to the wreck 破坏；使遇难 to fetch 取 more things; and I brought back as much as the raft 筏 would hold. One day I had put too great a load on the raft 筏, which made it sink 淹没 down on one side, so that the goods were lost in the sea; but at this I did not fret 烦恼, as the chief part of the freight 货物 was some rope, which would not have been of much use to me.

The twelve 十二 days that I had been in the island were spent spend in this way, and I had brought to land all that one pair of hands could lift; though if the sea had been still calm, I might have brought the whole ship, piece by piece.

The last time I swam to the wreck 破坏；使遇难, the wind blew so hard, that I made up my mind to go on board next time at low tide. I found some tea 茶水 and some gold 金 coin 硬币; but as to the gold, it made me laugh to look at it. "O drug 药物!" said I, "You are of no use to me! I care not to save you. Stay where you are, till the ship go down, then go you with it!"

Still, I thought I might as well just take it; so I put it in a piece of the sail, and threw it on deck 甲板 that I might place it on the raft 筏. Bye-and-bye 再见, the wind blew from the shore, so I had to swim back with all speed; for I knew that at the turn of the tide, I should find it hard work to get to land at all. But in spite 恶意 of the high wind, I came to my home all safe. At dawn 黎明 of day I put my head out, and cast 投 my eyes on the sea. When lo! no ship was there!

This change in the face of things, and the loss of such a friend, quite struck me down. Yet I was glad to think that I had brought to shore all that could be of use to me. I had now to look out for some spot where I could make my home. Half way up a hill there was a small plain, about 100 feet long, and twice 两次 as broad; and as it had a full view of the sea, I thought that it would be a good place for my house.

I first dug 挖:dig a trench 沟 round a space which took in twelve 十二 yards; and in this I drove two rows 行 of stakes 赌注, till they stood firm like piles, five and a half feet from the ground. I made the stakes 赌注 close and tight 紧的 with bits of rope; and put small sticks on the top of them in the shape of spikes 穗. This made so strong a fence 栅栏 that no man or beast 野兽 could get in.

The door of my house was on the top, and I had to climb up to it by steps, which I took in with me, so that no one else might come up by the same way. Close to the back of the house stood a high rock, in which I made a cave 洞穴, and laid all the earth that I had dug 挖:dig out of it round my house, to the height 高度 of a foot and a half. I had to go out once a day in search of food. The first time, I saw some goats 山羊, but they were too shy 害羞 and swift 迅速 of foot, to let me get near them.

At last I lay in wait for them close to their own haunts 出没. If they saw me in the vale, though they might be on high ground, they would run off, wild with fear; but if they were in the vale, and I on high ground, they took no heed of me. The first goat 山羊 I shot had a kid 孩子 by her side, and when the old one fell, the kid 孩子 stood near her, till I took her off on my back, and then the young one ran by my side. I put down the goat, and brought the kid 孩子 home to tame 驯服的 it; but as it was too young to feed, I had to kill it.

At first I thought that, for the lack of pen 笔 and ink 墨水, I should lose all note of time; so I made a large post, in the shape of a cross, on which I cut these words, "I came on these shores on the 8th day of June, in the year 1659" On the side of this post I made a notch 缺口 each day as it came, and this I kept up till the last.