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A Dream Realised

           Whenhecametohim,hestoodlikeoneamazed,lookingathim,turnedhimfirstononeside,thent’other,lookedatthewoundthebullethadmade, which,itseems,wasjustinhisbreast,whereithadmadeahole,andnogreatquantityofbloodhadfollowed;buthehadbledinwardly,forhewasquitedead. Hetookuphisbowandarrows,andcameback; soIturnedtoaway,andbeckonedtohimtofollowme,makingsignstohimthatmoremightcomeafterthem. 

           Uponthishesignedtomethatheshouldburythemwithsand,thattheymightnotbeseenbytherestiftheyfollowed; andsoImadesignsagaintohimtodoso. Hefelltowork,andinaninstanthehadscrapedaholeinthesandwithhishandsbigenoughtoburythefirstin,andthendraggedhimintoit,andcoveredhim,anddidsoalsobytheother. Ibelievehehadburiedthembothinaquarterofanhour. Thencallinghimaway,Icarriedhim,nottomycastle,butquiteawaytomycave,onthefartherpartoftheisland; soIdidnotletmydreamcometopassinthatpart,viz.,thathecameintomygroveforshelter. 

           HereIgavehimbreadandabunchofraisinstoeat,andadraughtofwater,whichIfoundhewasindeedingreatdistressfor,byhisrunning; andhavingrefreshedhim,Imadesignsforhimtogoliedownandsleep,pointingtoaplacewhereIhadlaidagreatparcelofrice-straw,andablanketuponit,whichIusedtosleepuponmyselfsometimes; sothepoorcreaturelaiddown,andwenttosleep. 

           Hewasacomely,handsomefellow,perfectlywellmade,withstraight,stronglimbs,nottoolarge,tall,andwell-shaped,and,asIreckoned,abouttwenty-sixyearsofage. 

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