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Finds Print of Man’s Foot on the Sand
Thusintwoyears’timeIhadathickgrove;andinfiveorsixyears’timeIhadawoodbeforemydwelling,growingsomonstrousthickandstrong,thatitwasindeedperfectlyimpassable; andnomen,ofwhatkindsoever,wouldeverimaginethattherewasanythingbeyondit,muchlessahabitation. AsforthewaywhichIproposedtomyselftogoinandout,forIleftnoavenue,itwasbysettingtwoladders,onetoapartoftherockwhichwaslow,andthenbrokein,andleftroomtoplaceanotherladderuponthat; sowhenthetwoladdersweretakendown,nomanlivingcouldcomedowntomewithoutmischievinghimself;andiftheyhadcomedown,theywerestillontheoutsideofmyouterwall.
ThusItookallthemeasureshumanprudencecouldsuggestformyownpreservation; anditwillbeseen,atlength,thattheywerenotaltogetherwithoutjustreason;thoughIforesawnothingatthattimemorethanmymerefearsuggestedtome.
