Робінзон Крузо

           Havingnowsocietyenough,andournumbersbeingsufficienttoputusoutoffearofthesavages,iftheyhadcome,unlesstheirnumberhad-beenverygreat,wewentfreelyallovertheisland,whereverwefoundoccasion; andasherewehadourescapeordeliveranceuponourthoughts,itwasimpossible,atleastforme,tohavethemeansofitoutofmine. Tothispurpose,ImarkedoutseveraltreeswhichIthoughtfitforourwork,andIsetFridayandhisfathertocuttingthemdown; andthenIcausedtheSpaniard,towhomIimpartedmythoughtonthataffair,tooverseeanddirecttheirwork. IshowedthemwithwhatindefatigablepainsIhadhewedalargetreeintosingleplanks,andIcausedthemtodothelike,tilltheyhadmadeaboutadozenlargeplanksofgoodoak,neartwofeetbroad,thirty-fivefeetlong,andfromtwoinchestofourinchesthick. Whatprodigiouslaborittookup,anyonemayimagine. 

           AtthesametimeIcontrivedtoincreasemylittleflockoftamegoatsasmuchasIcould; andtothispurposeImadeFridayandtheSpaniardgooutoneday,andmyselfwithFridaythenextday,forwetookourturns,andbythismeanswegotabovetwentyyoungkidstobreedupwiththerest;forwheneverweshotthedam,wesavedthekids,andaddedthemtoourflock. Butaboveall,theseasonforcuringthegrapescomingon,Icausedsuchaprodigiousquantitytobehungupinthesun,thatIbelievehadwebeenatAlicant,wheretheraisinsofthesunarecured,wecouldhavefilledsixtyoreightybarrels; andthese,withourbread,wasagreatpartofourfood,andverygoodlivingtoo,Iassureyou; foritisanexceedingnourishingfood. 

           Itwasnowharvest,andourcropingoodorder. ItwasnotthemostplentifulincreaseIhadseenintheisland,buthowever,itwasenoughtoanswerourend; forfromourtwenty-twobushelsofbarleywebroughtinandthrashedoutabovetwohundredandtwentybushels,andthelikeinproportionoftherice;