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第3章 吞噬阴魂散

　　"Well, Friday," says I, "do you think we shall find anybody here orno? and do you think we shall see your father?" The fellow stoodmute as a stock a good while; but when I named his father, the pooraffectionate creature looked dejected, and I could see the tearsrun down his face very plentifully. "What is the matter, Friday?are you troubled because you may see your father?" "No, no," sayshe, shaking his head, "no see him more: no, never more see himagain." "Why so, Friday? how do you know that?" "Oh no, Oh no,"says Friday, "he long ago die, long ago; he much old man." "Well,well, Friday, you don't know; but shall we see any one else, then?"The fellow, it seems, had better eyes than I, and he points to thehill just above my old house; and though we lay half a league off,he cries out, "We see! we see! yes, we see much man there, andthere, and there." I looked, but I saw nobody, no, not with aperspective glass, which was, I suppose, because I could not hitthe place: for the fellow was right, as I foun

　　[He was justly reproved by his wife, for she was more serious thanhe at first.]

　　WIFE. - Why He no makee you much good better? you say He makee you.

　　About two o'clock in the morning we heard one of our men making aterrible noise on the shore, calling out, for God's sake, to bringthe boat in and come and help them, for they were all like to bemurdered; and at the same time I heard the fire of five muskets,which was the number of guns they had, and that three times over;for it seems the natives here were not so easily frightened withguns as the savages were in America, where I had to do with them.All this while, I knew not what was the matter, but rousingimmediately from sleep with the noise, I caused the boat to bethrust in, and resolved with three fusees we had on board to landand assist our men. We got the boat soon to the shore, but our menwere in too much haste; for being come to the shore, they plungedinto the water, to get to the boat with all the expedition theycould, being pursued by between three and four hundred men. Ourmen were but nine in all, and only five of them had fusees withthem; the rest had pistols and swords, indeed, but they were

it was too latefor her, but pointed to her child, as if she would have said theyshould take care of him. However, the mate, who was exceedinglymoved at the sight, endeavoured to get some of the broth into hermouth, and, as he said, got two or three spoonfuls down - though Iquestion whether he could be sure of it or not; but it was toolate, and she died the same night.

　　IT was five or six months after this before they heard any more ofthe savages, in which time our men were in hopes they had eitherforgot their former bad luck, or given over hopes of better; when,on a sudden, they were invaded with a most formidable fleet of noless than eight-and-twenty canoes, full of savages, armed with bowsand arrows, great clubs, wooden swords, and such like engines ofwar; and they brought such numbers with them, that, in short, itput all our people into the utmost consternation.

backalone; and which way shall I get to my port afterwards, without aship, without a horse, without PECUNE?" so he called money, beinghis broken Latin, of which he had abundance to make us merry with.In short, he told us there was a great caravan of Muscovite andPolish merchants in the city, preparing to set out on their journeyby land to Muscovy, within four or five weeks; and he was sure wewould take the opportunity to go with them, and leave him behind,to go back alone.

　　IT was five or six months after this before they heard any more ofthe savages, in which time our men were in hopes they had eitherforgot their former bad luck, or given over hopes of better; when,on a sudden, they were invaded with a most formidable fleet of noless than eight-and-twenty canoes, full of savages, armed with bowsand arrows, great clubs, wooden swords, and such like engines ofwar; and they brought such numbers with them, that, in short, itput all our people into the utmost consternation.

　　The other colony was that of Will Atkins, where there were fourfamilies of Englishmen, I mean those I had left there, with theirwives and children; three savages that were slaves, the widow andchildren of the Englishman that was killed, the young man and themaid, and, by the way, we made a wife of her before we went away.There were besides the two carpenters and the tailor, whom Ibrought with me for them: also the smith, who was a very necessaryman to them, especially as a gunsmith, to take care of their arms;and my other man, whom I called Jack-of-all-trades, who was inhimself as good almost as twenty men; for he was not only a veryingenious fellow, but a very merry fellow, and before I went awaywe married him to the honest maid that came with the youth in theship I mentioned before.