Робінзон Крузо
Rescue of Prisoners From Cannibals
buttheotherwastoonimbleforhim,andthoughhewaswounded,yethadplungedhimselfintothesea,andswamwithallhismightofftothosetwowhowereleftinthecanoe; whichthreeinthecanoe,withonewounded,whoweknownotwhetherhediedorno,wereallthatescapedourhandsofoneandtwenty. Theaccountoftherestisasfollows:
3killedatourfirstshotfromthetree.
2killedatthenextshot.
2killedbyFridayintheboat.
2killedbyditto,ofthoseatfirstwounded.
1killedbydittointhewood.
3killedbytheSpaniard.
4killed,beingfounddroppedhereandthereoftheirwounds,orkilledbyFridayinhischaseofthem.
4escapedintheboat,whereofonewounded,ifnotdead.
21inall.
Thosethatwereinthecanoeworkedhardtogetoutofgunshot; andthoughFridaymadetwoorthreeshotsatthem,Ididnotfindthathehitanyofthem.
