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Slavery and escape

           sothattheMoorsuseitfortheirhuntingonly,wheretheygolikeanarmy,twoorthreethousandmenatatime; andindeedfornearahundredmilestogetheruponthiscoastwesawnothingbutawaste,uninhabitedcountrybyday,andheardnothingbuthowlingsandroaringofwildbeastsbynight. 

           OnceortwiceinthedaytimeIthoughtIsawthePicoofTeneriffe,beingthehightopoftheMountainTeneriffeintheCanaries,andhadagreatmindtoventureout,inhopesofreachingthither; buthavingtriedtwice,Iwasforcedinagainbycontrarywinds,theseaalsogoingtoohighformylittlevessel; so,Iresolvedtopursuemyfirstdesign,andkeepalongtheshore. 

           SeveraltimesIwasobligedtolandforfreshwater,afterwehadleftthisplace; andonceinparticular,beingearlyinmorning,wecametoananchorunderalittlepointofland,whichwasprettyhigh; andthetidebeginningtoflow,welaystilltogofartherin. Xury,whoseeyesweremoreabouthimthanitseemsminewere,callssoftlytome,andtellsmethatwehadbestgofartherofftheshore; ‘For,’sayshe,‘look,yonderliesadreadfulmonsteronthesideofthathillock,fastasleep.’ Ilookedwherehepointed,andsawadreadfulmonsterindeed,foritwasaterrible,greatlionthatlayonthesideoftheshore,undertheshadeofapieceofthehillthathungasitwerealittleoverhim. ‘Xury,’saysI,‘youshallonshoreandkillhim.’ Xury,lookedfrighted,andsaid, ‘Mekill!heeatmeatonemouth!’-onemouthfulhemeant. However,Isaidnomoretotheboy,butbadehimliestill,andItookourbiggestgun,whichwasalmostmusket-bore,andloadeditwithagoodchargeofpowder,andwithtwoslugs,andlaiditdown; thenIloadedanothergunwithtwobullets;andthethird(forwehadthreepieces)Iloadedwithfivesmallerbullets. 

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