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Wrecked on a desert island

           Inshort,Itookallpossiblecautiontopreservemyeffectsandkeepupmyplantation. HadIusedhalfasmuchprudencetohavelookedintomyowninterest,andhavemadeajudgmentofwhatIoughttohavedoneandnottohavedone, Ihadcertainlynevergoneawayfromsoprosperousanundertaking,leavingalltheprobablyviewsofathrivingcircumstance,andgoneuponavoyagetosea,attendedwithallitscommonhazards,tosaynothingofthereasonsIhadtoexpectparticularmisfortunestomyself. 

           ButIwashurriedon,andobeyedblindlythedictatesofmyfancyratherthanmyreason. Andaccordingly,theshipbeingfittedout,andthecargofurnished,andallthingsdoneasbyagreementbymypartnersinthevoyage, Iwentonboardinanevilhour,the(first)of(September,1659), beingthesamedayeightyearthatIwentfrommyfatherandmotheratHull,inordertoacttherebeltotheirauthority,andthefooltomyowninterest. 

           Ourshipwasabout120tonsburthen,carriedsixgunsandfourteenmen,besidesthemaster,hisboy,andmyself. Wehadonboardnolargecargoofgoods,exceptofsuchtoysaswerefitforourtradewiththenegroessuchasbeads,bitsofglass,shells,andoddtrifles,especiallylittlelooking-glasses,knives,scissors,hatchets,andthelike. 

           ThesamedayIwentonboardwesetsail,standingawaytothenorthwarduponourowncoast,withdesigntostretchoverfortheAfricancoast, whentheycameabout10or12degreesofnorthernlatitude,which,itseems,wasthemanneroftheircourseinthosedays. 

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