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           ItoldhimIlookeduponhimasamansentfromheaventodeliverme,andthatthewholetransactionseemedtobeachainofwonders; thatsuchthingsasthesewerethetestimonieswehadofasecrethandofProvidencegoverningtheworld,andanevidencethattheeyesofaninfinitePowercouldsearchintotheremotestcorneroftheworld,andsendhelptothemiserablewheneverHepleased. 

           Iforgotnottoliftupmyheartinthankfulnesstoheaven; andwhatheartcouldforbeartoblessHim,whohadnotonlyinamiraculouspowerprovidedforoneinsuchawilderness,andinsuchadesolatecondition, butfromwhomeverydeliverancemustalwaysbeacknowledgedtoproceed? 

           Whenwehadtalkedawhile,thecaptaintoldmehehadbroughtmesomelittlerefreshment,suchastheshipafforded,andsuchasthewretchesthathadbeensolonghismastershadnotplunderedhimof. Uponthishecalledaloudtotheboat,andbidhismenbringthethingsashorethatwereforthegovernor; and,indeed,itwasapresentasifIhadbeenone,notthatwastobecarriedawayalongwiththem,butasifIhadbeentodwellupontheislandstill,andtheyweretogowithoutme. 

           First,hehadbroughtmeacaseofbottlesfullofexcellentcordialwaters,sixlargebottlesofMadeirawine(thebottlesheldtwoquartsa-piece),twopoundsofexcellentgoodtobacco,twelvegoodpiecesoftheship’sbeef,andsixpiecesofpork,withabagofpeas,andaboutahundredweightofbiscuit. 

           Hebroughtmealsoaboxofsugar,aboxofflour,abagfulloflemons,andtwobottlesoflime-juice,andabundanceofotherthings;