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第1章 云霄剑派，司空天宸！

　　CHAPTER XIV - ATTACKED BY TARTARS

　　Here they built themselves two handsome huts, and contrived them ina manner like my first habitation, being close under the side of ahill, having some trees already growing on three sides of it, sothat by planting others it would be very easily covered from thesight, unless narrowly searched for. They desired some dried goat-skins for beds and covering, which were given them; and upon givingtheir words that they would not disturb the rest, or injure any oftheir plantations, they gave them hatchets, and what other toolsthey could spare; some peas, barley, and rice, for sowing; and, ina word, anything they wanted, except arms and ammunition.

　　I found the poor men on board almost in a tumult to get thevictuals out of the boiler before it was ready; but my mateobserved his orders, and kept a good guard at the cook-room door,and the man he placed there, after using all possible persuasion tohave patience, kept them off by force; however, he caused somebiscuit-cakes to be dipped in the pot, and softened with the liquorof the meat, which they called brewis, and gave them every one someto stay their stomachs, and told them it was for their own safetythat he was obliged to give them but little at a time. But it wasall in vain; and had I not come on board, and their own commanderand officers with me, and with good words, and some threats also ofgiving them no more, I believe they would have broken into thecook-room by force, and torn the meat out of the furnace - forwords are indeed of very small force to a hungry belly; however, wepacified them, and fed them gradually and cautiously at first, andthe next time gave them more, and at last filled their b

　　I carried on shore with me the young man whose mother was starvedto death, and the maid also; she was a sober, well-educated,religious young woman, and behaved so inoffensively that every onegave her a good word; she had, indeed, an unhappy life with us,there being no woman in the ship but herself, but she bore it withpatience. After a while, seeing things so well ordered, and in sofine a way of thriving upon my island, and considering that theyhad neither business nor acquaintance in the East Indies, or reasonfor taking so long a voyage, both of them came to me and desired Iwould give them leave to remain on the island, and be entered amongmy family, as they called it. I agreed to this readily; and theyhad a little plot of ground allotted to them, where they had threetents or houses set up, surrounded with a basket-work, palisadoedlike Atkins's, adjoining to his plantation. Their tents werecontrived so that they had each of them a room apart to lodge in,and a middle tent like a great storehouse to lay t

　　And now I name the poor fellow once more, I must take my last leaveof him. Poor honest Friday! We buried him with all the decencyand solemnity possible, by putting him into a coffin, and throwinghim into the sea; and I caused them to fire eleven guns for him.So ended the life of the most grateful, faithful, honest, and mostaffectionate servant that ever man had.

　　W.A. - Sir, it is impossible to give you a full account of it; I amtoo full to hold it, and yet have no tongue to express it; but lether have said what she will, though I cannot give you an account ofit, this I can tell you, that I have resolved to amend and reformmy life.

　　WIFE. - But no makee kill you yet; then He tell you, maybe, that Heno makee you kill: so you makee the bargain with Him, you do badthing, He no be angry at you when He be angry at other mans.

　　I told him their case and mine differed exceedingly; that they werecast upon the shore without necessaries, without supply of food, orpresent sustenance till they could provide for it; that, it wastrue, I had this further disadvantage and discomfort, that I wasalone; but then the supplies I had providentially thrown into myhands, by the unexpected driving of the ship on the shore, was sucha help as would have encouraged any creature in the world to haveapplied himself as I had done. "Seignior," says the Spaniard, "hadwe poor Spaniards been in your case, we should never have got halfthose things out of the ship, as you did: nay," says he, "weshould never have found means to have got a raft to carry them, orto have got the raft on shore without boat or sail: and how muchless should we have done if any of us had been alone!" Well, Idesired him to abate his compliments, and go on with the history oftheir coming on shore, where they landed. He told me theyunhappily landed at a place where there were people

terwardsfound dead in the woods, without any hurt, absolutely starved todeath.