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Wrecked on a desert island

           WehadaverygoodvoyagetotheBrazils,andarrivedintheBaydeTodoslosSantos,orAllSaints’Bay,inabouttwenty-onedaysafter. AndnowIwasoncemoredeliveredfromthemostmiserableofallconditionsoflife;andwhattodonextwithmyselfIwasnowtoconsider. 

           Thegeneroustreatmentthecaptaingaveme,Icanneverenoughremember. Hewouldtakenothingofmeformypassage,gavemetwentyducatsfortheleopard’sskin,andfortyforthelion’sskin,whichIhadinmyboat,andcausedeverythingIhadintheshiptobepunctuallydeliveredme; andwhatIwaswillingtosellhebought,suchasthecaseofbottles,twoofmyguns,andapieceofthelumpofbeeswax,forIhadmadecandlesoftherest; inaword,Imadeabout220piecesofeightofallmycargo,andwiththisstockIwentonshoreintheBrazils. 

           Ihadnotbeenlonghere,butbeingrecommendedtothehouseofagoodhonestmanlikehimself, whohadaningeinoastheycallit,thatis,aplantationandasugar-house, Ilivedwithhimsometime,andacquaintedmyselfbythatmeanswiththemanneroftheirplantingandmakingofsugar; andseeinghowwelltheplanterslived,andhowtheygrewrichsuddenly,Iresolved,ifIcouldgetlicensetosettlethere,Iwouldturnplanteramongthem, resolvinginthemeantimetofindoutsomewaytogetmymoneywhichIhadleftinLondonremittedtome. Tothispurpose,gettingakindofaletterofnaturalization,Ipurchasedasmuchlandthatwasuncuredasmymoneywouldreach,andformedaplanformyplantationandsettlement,andsuchaoneasmightbesuitabletothestockwhichIproposedtomyselftoreceivefromEngland. 

           Ihadaneighbor,aPortugueseofLisbon,butbornofEnglishparents,whosenamewasWells,andinmuchsuchcircumstancesasIwas. 

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