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First Weeks on the Island
Ihavebeennowthirteendaysonshore,andhadbeeneleventimesonboardtheship;inwhichtimeIhadbroughtawayallthatonepairofhandscouldwellbesupposedcapabletobring,thoughIbelieveverily,hadthecalmweatherheld,Ishouldhavebroughtawaythewholeshippiecebypiece. Butpreparingthetwelfthtimetogoonboard,Ifoundthewindbegintorise. However,atlowwaterIwentonboard,andthoughIthoughtIhadrummagedthecabinsoeffectuallyasthatnothingmorecouldbefound,yetIdiscoveredalockerwithdrawersinit,inoneofwhichIfoundtwoorthreerazors,andonepairoflargescissors,withsometenoradozenofgoodknivesandforks; inanother,Ifoundsomethirty-sixpoundsvalueinmoney,someEuropeancoin,someBrazil,somepiecesofeight,somegold,somesilver.
Ismiledtomyselfatthesightofthismoney. "Odrug!"saidIaloud,"whatartthougoodfor? Thouartnotworthtome,no,notthetakingoffoftheground; oneofthoseknivesisworthallthisheap. Ihavenomannerofuseforthee; evenremainwherethouart,andgotothebottomasacreaturewhoselifeisnotworthsaving." However,uponsecondthoughts,Itookitaway; andwrappingallthisinapieceofcanvas,Ibegantothinkofmakinganotherraft; butwhileIwaspreparingthis,Ifoundtheskyovercast,andthewindbegantorise,andinaquarterofanhouritblewafreshgalefromtheshore. Itpresentlyoccurredtomethatitwasinvaintopretendtomakearaftwiththewindoffshore,andthatitwasmybusinesstobegonebeforethetideoffloodbegan,otherwiseImightnotbeabletoreachtheshoreatall.
