^^^4^m°^^ ■"■- - *r; .- .. ~-f .-iw»J«lfE!Vf.^|^?Bp,,j \;;. v ;^H, "* firii^e^E^iBi FRONTISPIECE. «* In one of my excursions, I was surprised with the print of a man's foot on the sand. I stood like one thunderstruck ;—1 listen- ed,—! looked around, but I could hear nothing, nor see any thing."—-See page 21. THE LIFE AND WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. EMBELLISHED WITH BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS. EDINBURGH: JAMES CLARKE & CO. 221^ KIGH STREET. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. This person, whose life and adventures have been made immortal by Daniel Defoe, an author not so well known as Shakspeare or Scott, but whose name will descend to posterity with theirs, was born in the city of York, where his father, who was a native of Bremen, settled, after having gained an estate by merchandise. His head was early filled with rambling thoughts, and though, when he grew up, his father was anxious to settle him in business, while his mother used the tenderest entreaties, yet nothing could prevail upon him to lay aside his desire of going to sea. He at length resolved to gratify his roving disposition, notwithstand- ing the uneasiness and distress which Mi D ROBINSON CRUSOE. father and mother shewed at his leaving them. Robinson relates, that—On the 1st of September, 1651,1 went on board a ship for London; but no sooner was the ship out of the Humber, than the wind began to blow, and the sea to rise in a terrible manner. Having never been at sea before, I was very sick, and very much frightened. Next day the wind abated, and my companions laugh- ed at my fears, and made me half drunk, and thus drowned my repentance and reflec- tions. The weather continued calm several days, and we went into Yarmouth Koads, where we cast anchor. After riding there four or five days, the wind blew very hard for eight days, when it still increased, and all hands were called to work to strike our topmasts, and at last cast our sheet anchor. It now blew a terrible storm. I began to see terror in the faces even of the seamen; and as my master passed by me, I heard him say to himself, "Lord, be merciful to us, we shall be all lost!" I cannot express the horror with which I was seized. The storm still increased, and I saw the master, the boatswain, and several others, at prayers, thinking that $very moment the ship would go to the ROBINSON CRUSOE. 7 bottom. One of the men cried out that we had sprung a leak, upon which all hands were called to the pump, but the water gained upon us, and the ship was likely to founder. The storm, however, beginning to abate, the master fired guns for help, and a ship which had rode out the storm approached us, the crew venturing their lives to save ours; our men casting a rope over the stern, they, after much hazard, got hold of it, and we with great difficulty got to land, and walked to Yarmouth. On my arrival, I contracted an acquaint- ance with the master of a ship, who was upon the point of sailing to Africa to sell our coarse woollen and linen goods, (there being no cotton-mills in those days,) for 8 ROBINSON CRUSOE. slaves, ivory, and gold dust; he taking a fancy to me, told me I should have liberty of trading for myself. Encouraged by this offer, and the assistance of some of my re- lations, I raised i?40, which I laid out in such toys and trifles as the captain directed me. I got some knowledge of mathematics, navigation, and how to take an observation. In a word, this voyage made me both a sailor and a merchant, for my adventure yielded me, in London, at my return, <£>300. I now set up for a slave trader; and per- haps this trade may have been the occasion, in the ways of Providence, of my misfor- tunes. My friend dying soon after his ar- rival, 1 resolved to go the same voyage again in the same vessel, with one who was his mate in the former voyage, and had now the command of the ship. This was one of the most unhappy voyages ever made: for as we were steering about the Canary Islands and the African shore, we were sur- prised by a rover of Salee, usually now cal- led a reiver or pirate, who gave chase to us. We, finding that the pirate gained upon us, prepared to fight, our ship hav- ing twelvejguns, and the pirate eighteen. After a. chase of nine hours* she came up ROBINSON CRUSOE. V with us, and a very smart engagement en- sued; but we were obliged to submit, and were all carried prisoners into Salee, a port belonging to the Moors. My master, the Moor, having got, in part of his share of the prize, the long-boat of our ship, had a little cabin built in the mid- dle of it, like a barge. In this pleasure-boat he frequently went a-flshing; and as 1 was dexterous at catching fish, he never went without me. One day, he appointed to go out with two or three Moors of distinction, and he had set over-night a larger store of provisions than usual, and ordered me to get ready two or three fusils, with powder and shot, as they designedtohave sport at fowling as well as fishing. At this moment the hopes of deliverance darted into my thoughts, and I resolved to furnish myself for a voyage. Every thing being prepared, I sailed out as if to fish, but purposely catching none, I told Muley, (one of the Moors,) that we must stand farther off. Having the helm, I ran the boat a league farther out, and then brought to, as if I would fish, when, giving the boy the helm, I stepped forward, and stooping behind the Moor, took him by sur* prise, and tossed him overboard. He rose immediately, and called to me to take him 10 ROBINSON CRUSOE. in; but fetching one of the fowling-pieces, I presented it, and told him that if he came near, I would shoot him; and as the sea was calm, he might easily reach the shore. So he turned about, and I have no doubt that he reached it easily. I turned to the boy, whom they called Xury, and said to him, " Xury, if you will be faithful to me, I will make you a great man; but if you will not, I must throw you into the sea too." The boy smiled and spoke so innocently, that I could not mistrust him. About ten days after, as I was steering out to sea, on a sudden Xury called out in a fright, " Master, master, a ship !" I jump- ed out of the cabin, and saw that it was a ROBINSON CRUSOE. 11 Portuguese vessel. On my coming near, they asked me what I was, in Portuguese, Spanish, and French; but I understood none of them. At last a Scotch sailor call- ed to me, and I answered, I was an Eng- lishman, and had made my escape from slavery in Salee. I offered all that I pos- sessed to the captain of the ship, but he would take nothing from me, and said that all that I had should be delivered to me when we came to the Brazils. We had a good voyage to the Brazils, and the captain recommended me to an honest man, who had a plantation and a sugar-house, with whom I lived, and learned the planting and making of sugar; after which I took a piece of land, and became a planter myself. Had I continued in the station I was now in, I might have been happy, but my fel- low-planters prevailed on me to go to sea again, and make a trial of purchasing ne- groes on the coast of Guinea. We fitted out a ship, and made sail, with the hopes of purchasing slaves, and had very good weather for twelve days, but after we had crossed the line, a violent hurricane drove us quite out of our reckoning. In this dis- tress, one of our men called out "land!" but the ship struck against a sand bank. We IS ROBINSON CRUSOE. took to the boat, and after we had rowed a league and a half, a wave came rolling astern of us, and overset the boat at once, so that out of fifteen, none escaped but my- self. I got upon my feet and made towards the shore, and got to land, clambering up the cliffs of the shore, and sat down upon the grass. Being much fatigued, I slept till morning. When I awoke it was broad day, and the storm abated; but what surprised me most was, that in the night the ship had been lifted from the land by the swelling of the tide, and driven almost as far as the place where I landed, and I saw, that if we had all staid on board, we would have ROBINSON CRUSOE. 13 been safe. I swam to the ship, and found she had much water in the hold; but, to my great joy, saw that all the provisions were dry; and being well disposed to eat, I filled my pockets, and ate as I went about other things. I found several spare yards and planks, with which 1 made a raft. I emptied three of the seamen's chests, and let them down upon the raft, and filled them with bread, some dried goat's flesh, and three Dutch cheeses. I also let down the carpenter's chest, two fowling-pieces, two pistols, with some powder, and two rusty swords, all which I placed on my raft, and after much labour got it safely landed. My first raft being too unwieldy, I swam to the ship and made another; on which I placed three bags of nails and spikes, some hatch- ets, a grindstone, two iron crows, several muskets, and another fowling-piece, two barrels of musket bullets, a large bag of small shot, all the men's clothes I could find, a hammock and some bedding, and brought all to land. After I had made five or six of these voyages, and thought I had nothing more to expect from the ship worth taking, I found a hogshead of bread, three ankers of rum, a box of sugar, a bar- rel of flour, and three dozen of knives and 14 ROBINSON CRUSOE. forks. I then went iu search of a place where to fix my dwelling. Before I set up my tent, I drew a half cir- cle before a hollow place, which extended about twenty yards, and drove large piles rnto the ground, sharpened at the top, and I made the entrance by a short ladder to go over the top, and when I was in, I lift- ed it over me, so that I was perfectly se- cure. In the midst of my labours I found a lit- tle bag with a few husks of corn in it, and shook it by the side of my fortification; but how joyful was I when I saw ten or twelve ears of barley springing up! With this barley there came up a few stalks of rice, and these were of more worth to me than all the gold in the world. ROBINSON CRUSOE. 15 I then took a view of the island, and at about two miles distant from my habitation, found some fine meadows, and a variety of fruit, melons upon the ground, and the trees spread over with vines loaded with clusters of grapes. Here I built a bower, fenced by a double hedge; and this country house, as I called it, cost me two months' labour; but the rainy season coming on, I was ob- liged to retreat to my old one, taking with me a sufficient store of dried grapes. When my corn was ripe, I made a scythe of an old sword, and cut off the ears, which I rubbed out with my hands. At the end of the harvest, I had about a bushel of rice and two bushels of barley. I kept all this for seed, my hogshead of bread not being yet exhausted. But when I was obliged to make bread, I had innumerable wants. I wanted a mill to grind it, sieves to dress it, yeast and salt to make it into bread, and an oven to bake it. However, I had six months to contrive all these things. I made some misshapen pots of clay, that all broke in the sun ex- cept two, which I cased in wicker work; but I succeeded better in little pans, flat dishes, and pitchers, which the sun baked surprisingly hard: but they would not bear 16 EOBINSON CRUSOE. the fire so as to boil any liquid, and I want- ed one to boil my meat. At dinner, there was my royal majesty, absolute prince and ruler of my kingdom, attended by my dutiful subjects, whom, if I pleased, I could either hang, draw, quar- ter, or give liberty to. When I dined I seemed a king, eating alone, none daring to presume to do so till I had done. My pret- ty poll, my parrot, which I had tamed, was the only creature capable of talking with me. My faithful dog, which I had brought from the ship, and now grown exceeding old, continually sat at my right hand ; while my two cats sat on each side of the table, expecting a bit from my hand as a prin- cipal mark of my royal favour. Yet these were not the cats I had brought from the ship; they had died long before, and had been buried near my habitation by my own hands ; but one of them had kittens, which I took great pains in taming, just as I have been told that showmen have done with lions and tigers; but the experiment is a dangerous one, and I would not advise any of my readers to be too familiar with any animal of that tribe, they being all capri- cious, ungrateful, and cruel. Only two of the kittens remained with me, the rest hav- ROBINSON CRUSOE. 17 ing run wild into the woods. They grew bo impudent, as to return and plunder me of my stores, till such time as I shot many of them, and the rest left me. One thing more, indeed, concerned me,—the want of my boat. I knew not which way to get round the island. I resolved one time to go along the shore by land to her; but, had any one in England met such a figure, it would either have affrighted him, or made him burst in- to laughter. One day after I had dressed my dinner, I went to put out my fire, and found a piece of one of my earthen-ware vessels burnt as hard as a stone, and as red as a tile; this taught me to burn my pipkins, and I soon wanted for no sort of earthen- ware; but, when I found that I had made a pot which would bear the fire, I had hardly patience to stay till it was cold before I set it on with a piece of kid, which was tolerably well cooked. I used to burn my earthen-ware in a cave which I found in the wood, and which I made convenient for that purpose; but the principal cause that first brought me there was to make charcoal, so that I might bake and dress my victuals without danger. While I was cutting down soms 18 ROBINSON CRUSOE. wood for that purpose, I perceived a cave behind a very thick branch of underwood. Curious to look into it, I got to its mouth, and found it sufficient for me to stand up- right in it. But, when I entered, and took a further view, two rolling shining eyes, like flaming stars, seemed to|dart themselves at me, so that I made all the haste out that I could, not knowing whether it was a savage or a monster that had taken up his residence in that place. On recovering from my surprise, I resumed all the cour- age I had, and taking up a firebrand, in I rushed again; when, not having proceeded above three steps, I was more affrighted than before, for I heard a very loud sigh, like that of a human creature in great agony, succeeded by a noise, resembling ROBINSON CRUSOE. 19 words half expressed, and then a broken sigh again. Stepping back, thought I to myself, have I got into one of those en- chanted places which are reported to contain miserable captives, till death puts an end to their sorrow? It struck me with a cold sweat; but again, mustering all my cour- age, I proceeded forward, and, by the light of my firebrand, perceived it to be a he-goat lying on the ground, gasping for life and dying of old age. When at first I stirred him, thinking to drive him out, he strove to get upon his feet, but was not able; so I left him there, to fright any one from venturing into the cave. At the furthermost part of the cave I observed an entrance, but so low as to oblige me to creep to get through; but, on advancing, I found that it rose in height about twenty feet, and appeared to be a grotto, adorned with diamonds and other precious stones. I found it dry and com- fortable, and therefore determined to make it my principal magazine. Still my thoughts ran many times upon the land I had seen, and I began to make a canoe, the strangest enterprise that ever man in his senses undertook. I felled a great cedar, about five feet diameter next 20 ROBINSON CRUSOE. the root; but when I saw the impossibility of launching the canoe which I had made, says I to myself, I have made a very fine sea-boat, but I can no more stir it than I can stir the island. I had made it big enough to carry twenty-five men, but all my devices to get it into the water failed me. I determined, since I could not bring my canoe to the water, that I should bring the water to the canoe, and began to dig; but when I calculated the time this canal would take in making, I found that I could not accomplish it in less than twelve years, and therefore gave it over, determining to enjoy what I had, without repining for what I could not get. I had at length a great mind to go to the point of the island to see how the shore lay, and resolved to travel thither by land. And now, reader, I will give you a short sketch of the figure I made. I had a great high shapeless cap, made of goat's skin; a jacket with skirts coming down to the mid- dle of my thighs, and a pair of open-knee'd breeches of the same, with the goat's hair hanging to the middle of my leg. Stock- , ings and shoes I had none; but I had a pair of somethings, I scarce know what to call them, to slip over my legs like spat- ROBINSON CRUSOE. 21 terdashes. Under my arm hung two pouches for shot and powder; on my back I car- ried a basket, on my shoulder a gun, and over my head a great clumsy goat's skin cover. My beard was cut short, ex- cept what grew upon my upper lip; but as for my figure, as there was no one to observe me, it was a matter of no conse- quence. In this dress, I went on my new journey, and was out five or six days. In one of my excursions I was surprised with the print of a man's foot on the sand. I stood like one thunderstruck; I listened and looked around, but I could hear nothing, nor see anything. I went upon a rising ground to see farther; I walked backward and forward on the shore, but I could only- see that one impression. I went to look at it again; how it came there I knew not, but I hurried home to my fortifications, looking behind me every two or three steps, and fancied every tree, bush, and stump to be a man. I had no sleep that night; but my terror wore off, and I ventured to take measure of the foot by my own, but found it much larger. This filled me again with ridiculous whimsies, and when I went home, I began to double my fortifications, 22 ROBINSON CRUSOE. purely from my apprehensions of this print of a foot. Rambling more to the western point one day than ever I had done before, 1 was convinced that the sight of the print of a man's foot was not such a strange thing in the island as I had imagined; for, on approaching the shore, it is impossible to express the horror I felt at seeing the shore spread with sculls, hands, feet, and other bones of human bodies, and particu- larly a place, where, as I supposed, there had been a fire made, and a circle dug in the earth for the savages to sit down to their inhuman feasts on the bodies of their fellow creatures. I had now been twenty-two years in the island, and fancied I could have been con- tented to have staid in it till I had died of mere old age. One morning very early I saw five ca- noes of savages on shore. I clambered up the hill, and discovered no less than thirty dancing round a fire. I soon after saw two dragged out of the canoes, one of whom was immediately knocked down, but the other, starting from them, ran with amazing swiftness along the sands towards me. I was frightened when I ROBINSON CRUSOE. 23 saw him coming my way, imagining he would be pursued by the whole body; however, I kept my station, and only three followed him. He greatly outran them, and was in a fair way of escaping them all, when, coming to a creek, he plunged into it, landed and ran as swift as before. I screwed my courage to the sticking point, when I found that of the three that follow- ed, but two entered the water, the other re- turning. I hastily fetched my guns from the foot of my ladder, and running down the hill, in a few minutes I stood between the savages and their victim. The poor savage who had fled was so terrified at the noise of my gun, that, though he saw his enemies fallen, he stood stock-still, but seem- 24 ROBINSON CRUSOE. ed rather inclined to fly than come forward. However, when I gave him signs of encou- ragement, he came nearer, kneeling down every ten or twelve steps. I then took him away to my cave at the farther part of the island. Here I gave him bread and raisins and water, which he wanted much; and, having refreshed him, I made signs for him to lie down on some rice-straw, which he did and soon went to sleep. After he had slept about half an hour, he waked again, and came running to me in the inci- sure just by; then kneeling again, he made all possible signs of thankfulness, subjection, and submission. I began to speak to him and to teach him to speak to me ; and first made him know that his name should be Friday, which was the day on which I had saved his life. I taught him to say, " Mas- ter," and let him know that was to be my name. The next day I gave him clothes, at which he seemed pleased. Having now more courage, and conse- quently more curiosity, I took my man Friday with me, and marched to the place where his enemies had been. When we. came there my blood ran cold, for the ground bore dreadful evidence of the mas- sacre. We saw three skulls, five hands, and ROBINSON CBUSOE. 25 the bones of three or four legs and feet; and Friday, by his signs, made me understand that they brought over four prisoners to feast* upon, and that three of them were eaten up; that he, pointing to himself, was the fourth, and that they had been conquered and taken in war. I caused Friday to collect the re- mains of this horrid canrage, then to light a fire and burn them toashes. When this was done we returned to our castle. I took Friday once to that part of the island where there still remained some pieces of the long boat; but he no sooner saw it then he exclaimed, "O, Master! I have saved white mans from being drowned, in such a boat as that." Thinking that he spoke of some European boat which had been driven on his coast by stress of wea- ther, I asked how many were in it. He count- ed on his fingers as far as seventeen; and on my asking if his people had eaten them, he replied, "No, no; my nation no eat men, but what they take in fight; they make poor distressed men like brothers." I was glad to hear that some Europeans were near me, hoping soon to meet with them. Several weeks now elapsed, during which I received many proofs of Friday's affection for me^ and so very diligent was hef that I 26 ROBINSON CRUSOE. was sure of having any thing done I set him about. One day I put a piece of kid into a kettle to make some broth, and set him to watch it while I went about some other business. I had not been long gone when I heard Friday roar out so loud, that I thought the savages had attacked our hut. I instantly seized my gun, and rushed in, when I found no one there but Friday, in as great despe- ration as when he was chased by the canni- bals. It appeared that poor Friday had never seen boiling water, and seeing it move, he thought that some living creature was at the bottom, and, being fearful it might make its escape, he had put his hand in to seize it, but felt such pain as made him cry out. I was now entered into the 27th year of my captivity, when, one morning, I bid Friday go to the sea-shore, to see if he could find a turtle. He had not been gone long, when he came running back, and be- fore I had time to speak, cried, " O, mas- ter! master! yonder there be one, two, three canoe." Having hung my great sword naked by my side, and made Friday assist in loading what fire arms we had, which consisted of four guns and two pistols, I took my per- spective-glass, and went up to the side of ROBINSON CRUSOE. §7 the hill, when I saw twenty-one savages, three prisoners, and three canoes. Having by this means learned their force, I came down from the hill, determined to put the savages to flight, and, if possible, to rescue the prisoners. I sallied forth, and entered the wood, with Friday beside me, till we came near them. They were about the fire eating one of their prisoners. This filled me with horror; and we both fired, and killed four, and wounded three at the first volley, while the cannibals were panic- struck at receiving so unexpected a salute. We poured in a second volley with such effect, that we killed two more, and wound- ed several, while the air re-echoed with their yells. Hitherto we fired on them 28 ROBINSON CRUSOE. from a wood; but now giving Friday a loaded musket, I ordered him to follow me, and we rushed upon them with a shout, which so dismayed the cannibals, that they fled in great terror. We pursued them to the beach, and did such execution among them, that out of twenty-one only four es- caped; and even these I should have de- stroyed, but, on jumping into one of their canoes, which I made Friday also do, in order to pursue them, our attention was ar- rested by the discovery of a man lying bound in the canoe. I ordered Friday to speak to him ; but when the poor fellow looked him in the face, and heard him speak, a scene ensued that would have touched the hardest heart! Uttering a wild and discordant scream, he embraced him, then cried—put his head in his bosom, danced, sung, and cried, again !—Then feeling in his pocket for some biscuit, he exclaimed, *•* Ah, no ! hungry dog eat all up.*" It was some time before I could learn the cause of his emotion; but at length becoming more calm, he informed me that it was his father. To my horror I now discovered a white man lying bound to the ground, whom I found to be a Spaniard, and immediately ROBINSON CRUSOE. 20 released him, giving him a dram and some bread to- refresh him. With much difficul- ty I got my new guests to my hut, where I accommodated them in the best manner I was able, and after dinner, I made Fri- day go to the scene of action, and fetch home the fire-arms we had left in the wood. During his absence, the Spaniard told his tale in nearly the following words :— ** I was the captain of a merchantman, bound to Africa to purchase slaves, whither we arrived in safety, and took in our cargo; but on our return home, we were overtak- en by a violent storm, and wrecked on an island, where the inhabitants treated us hospitably. We continued to live comfort- ably, till the island being invaded by a neighbouring nation, gratitude compelled us to take up arms in their defence. I fought by the side of this brave old man," continued the Spaniard, pointing to Friday's father, " and had the misfortune to be taken prisoneralong with him, where, but for your aid, we had fallen victims to our enemies." Here the Spaniard ended his story. Some days after, Friday ran into the but, almost breathless, exclaiming, " O, master! master! a ship! a ship!" Overjoyed at this news, I took my gh$s9 and ascended 30 ROBINSON CRUSOE. the hill, when I beheld an English ship ly- ing at anchor some distance from the shore. The joy I felt on this occasion I shall not describe. I flung my arihs round Fri- day's neck, and bathed his faithful bosom with my tears. We made a large fire at night, to convince the crew that there were people on the island. They let us know they perceived us by firing a gun; and the next morning, the captain and some sailors came on shore, at the sight of whom my joy was so great, that I fell down on the ground speechless. The captain and Friday assisted in rais- ing me from the ground; and when I was recovered, I entreated the captain to take me on board, to which he readily consent- ROBINSON CEUSOE. 31 ed, and gave me a suit of his clothes. I packed up my goat-skin dress, and the mo- ney I had found in my ship that was wreck- ed, and went on hoard; Friday and the rest followed, bringing my dog and parrot with them. After a prosperous voyage we landed in Old England, after I had been absent from it thirty-seven years! On my arrival at York, I was very much shocked to hear that both of my parents were dead; but was somewhat consoled when I found they had forgiven me, and left me all their pro- perty. THE END. James Clarfce & Co. Printers, 223, High Street, JLdinburgh. JUVENILE BOOKS, <&c. ON SALE BY JAMES CLARKE & CO. AT SIXPENCE EACH. In Great Variety, and Elegantly Coloured. AT FOURPENCE. New Edition.^-W ith Beautiful Engravings on Wood. AT TWOPENCE. Enlarged Edition New and Numerous Sorts. 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