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Tames Goats

           Theywhoknowwhatitistohaveareprievebroughttothemupontheladder,ortoberescuedfromthievesjustgoingtomurderthem,orwhohavebeeninsuchlikeextremities,mayguesswhatmypresentsurpriseofjoywas,andhowgladlyIputmyboatintothestreamofthiseddy; andthewindalsofreshening,howgladlyIspreadmysailtoit,runningcheerfullybeforethewind,andwithastrongtideoreddyunderfoot. 

           Thiseddycarriedmeaboutaleagueinmywaybackagain,directlytowardstheisland,butabouttwoleaguesmoretothenorthwardthanthecurrentwhichcarriedmeawayatfirst; sothatwhenIcameneartheisland,Ifoundmyselfopentothenorthernshoreofit,thatistosay,theotherendoftheisland,oppositetothatwhichIwentoutfrom. 

           WhenIhadmadesomethingmorethanaleagueofwaybythehelpofthiscurrentoreddy,Ifounditwasspent,andservedmenofarther. However,Ifoundthatbeingbetweenthetwogreatcurrents,viz.,thatonthesouthside,whichhadhurriedmeaway,andthatonthenorth,whichlayaboutaleagueontheotherside;Isay,betweenthesetwo,inthewakeoftheisland,Ifoundthewateratleaststill,andrunningnoway; andhavingstillabreezeofwindfairforme,Ikeptonsteeringdirectlyfortheisland,thoughnotmakingsuchfreshwayasIdidbefore. 

           Aboutfouro’clockintheevening,beingthenwithinaboutaleagueoftheisland,Ifoundthepointoftherockswhichoccasionedthisdisasterstretchingout,asisdescribedbefore,tothesouthward,andcastingoffthecurrentmoresouthwardlyhad,ofcourse,madeanothereddytothenorth, andthisIfoundverystrong,butnotdirectlysettingthewaymycourselay,whichwasduewest,butalmostfullnorth. 

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