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           Inevertravelledinthisjourneyabovetwomilesoutrightinaday,orthereabouts; butItooksomanyturnsandreturns,toseewhatdiscoveriesIcouldmake,thatIcamewearyenoughtotheplacewhereIresolvedtositdownforallnight; andthenIeitherreposedmyselfinatree,orsurroundedmyselfwitharowofstakes,setuprightintheground,eitherfromonetreetoanother,orsoasnowildcreaturecouldcomeatmewithoutwakingme. 

           AssoonasIcametotheseashore,IwassurprisedtoseethatIhadtakenupmylotontheworstsideoftheisland,forhereindeedtheshorewascoveredwithinnumerableturtles;whereas,ontheotherside,Ihadfoundbutthreeinayearandahalf. Herewasalsoaninfinitenumberoffowlsofmanykinds,somewhichIhadseen,andsomewhichIhadnotseeofbefore,andmanyofthemwereverygoodmeat,butsuchasIknewnotthenamesof,exceptthosecalledpenguins. 

           IcouldhaveshotasmanyasIpleased,butwasverysparingofmypowderandshot,andthereforehadmoremindtokillashe-goat,ifIcould,whichIcouldbetterfeedon; andthoughthereweremanygoatshere,morethanonmysidetheisland,yetitwaswithmuchmoredifficultythatIcouldcomenearthem,thecountrybeingflatandeven,andtheysawmemuchsoonerthenwhenIwasonthehill. 

           Iconfessthissideofthecountrywasmuchpleasanterthanmine;butyetIhadnottheleastinclinationtoremove, forasIwasfixedinmyhabitation,itbecamenaturaltome,andIseemedallthewhileIwasheretobeasitwereuponajourney,andfromhome. However,Itravelledalongtheshoreoftheseatowardstheeast,Isupposeabouttwelvemiles,andthensettingupagreatpoleupontheshoreforamark,IconcludedIwouldgohomeagain; andthatthenextjourneyItookshouldbeontheothersideoftheisland,eastfrommydwelling,andsoroundtillIcametomypostagain; ofwhichinitsplace. 

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