I was something impatient, as I have observ'd, to have the use of my Boat; though very loth to run any more Hazards; and therefore sometimes I fat contriving Ways to get her about the Island, and at other Times I fat myself down contented enough without her. But I had a strange Uneasiness in my Mind to go down to the Point of the Island, where, as I have said, in my last Ramble, I went up the Hill to see how the Shore lay, and how the Current set, that I might fee what I had to do: This Inclination increas'd upon me every Day, and at length I resolv'd to travel thither by Land, following the Edge of the Shore. I did so: But had any one in England been to meet such a Man as I was, it must either have frighted him, or rais'd a great deal of Laughter; and as I frequently stood still to look at my self, I could not but fmile at the Notion of my travelling through Yorkshire with such an Equipage, and in such a Dress: Be pleas'd to take a Sketch of my Figure as follows.

I had a great high shapeless Cap, made of a Goat's Skin, with a Flap hanging down behind, as well to keep the Sun from me, as to shoot the Rain off from running into my Neck; nothing being fo hurtful in these Climates, as the Rain upon the

Flesh under the Cloaths.

I had a short Jacket of Goat-Skin, the Skirts coming down to about the middle of my Thighs; and a pair of open-knee'd Breeches of the same; the Breeches were made of the Skin of an old He-goat, whose Hair hung down such a Length on either Side, that like Pantaloons it reach'd to the middle of my Legs; Stockings and Shoes I had none, but had made me a Pair of some-things, I scarce know what to call them, like Buskins, to flap over my Legs, and lace on either Side like Spatter-dashes;

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but of a most barbarous Shape, as indeed were all the rest of my Cloaths.

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I had on a broad Belt of Goats-Skin dryed, which I drew together with two Thongs of the fame, instead of Buckles, and in a kind of a Frog on either Side of this. Instead of a Sword and a Dagger, hung a little Saw and a Hatchet, one on one Side, one on the other. I had another Belt not fo broad, and faften'd in the fame manner, which hung over my Shoulder; and at the End of it, under my Left Arm, hung two Pouches, both made of Goats-Skin too; in one of which hung my Powder, in the other my Shot: At my Back I carried my Basket, on my Shoulder my Gun, and over my Head a great clumsy ugly Goat-Skin Umbrella, but which, after all, was the most necessary Thing I had about me, next to my Gun: As for my Face, the Colour of it was really not fo Moletta like, as one might expect from a Man not at all careful of it, and living within nine or ten Degrees of the Equinox. My Beard I had once fuffer'd to grow till it was about a quarter of a Yard long; but as I had both Sciffars and Razors fufficient, I had cut it pretty short, except what grew on my upper Lip, which I had trimm'd into a large Pair of Mahometan Whifkers, fuch as I had seen worn by some Turks, who I faw at Sallé; for the Moors did not wear such, tho" the Turks did; of these Mustachioes or Whiskers, I will not say they were long enough to hang my Hat upon them; but they were of Length and Shape monstrous enough, and fuch as in England would have pass'd for frightful.

But all this is by the by; for as to my Figure, I had fo few to observe me, that it was of no manner of Confequence; fo liay no more to that Part. In this kind of Figure I went my new Journey, and was out five or fix Days. I travell'd first along the

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Sea-Shore, directly to the Place where I first brought my Boat to an Anchor, to get up upon the Rocks; and having no Boat now to take care of, I went over the Land a nearer Way, to the same Height that' I was upon before; when looking forward to the Point of the Rocks which lay out, and which I was oblig'd to double with my Boat, as is faid above, I was furpriz'd to see the Sea all smooth and quiet, no Ripling, no Motion, no Current, any more there than in other Places.

I was at a strange Loss to understand this, and resolv'd to spend some Time in the observing it, to see if nothing from the Sets of the Tide had occafion'd it; but I was presently convinced how it was, viz. That the Tide of Ebb fetting from the West, and joining with the Current of Waters from some great River on the Shore, must be the occafion of this Current; and that according as the Wind blew : more forcibly from the West, or from the North, this Current came near, or went farther from Shore; for waiting thereabouts till Evening, I went up to the Rock again, and then the Tide of Ebb being made, I plainly faw the Current again as before, only, that it run farther off, being near half a League from the Shore; whereas in my Cafe, it set close upon the Shore, and hurried me and my Canoe along with it, which at another time it would not have done.

This Obfervation convinc'd me, That I had nothing to do but to observe the Ebbing and the Flowing of the Tide, and I might very eafily bring my Boat about the Island again: But when I began to think of putting it in practice, I had such a Terror upon my Spirits at the Remembrance of the Danger I had been in, that I could not think of it again with any Patience; but on the contrary, I took up another Resolution, which was more fate, though

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though more laborious; and this was, that I would build, or rather make me another Pariagua or Canoe; and so have one for one Side of the Island, and one for the other.

You are to understand, that now I had, as I may call it, two Plantations in the Island; one my little Fortification or Tent, with the Wall about it under the Rock, with the Cave behind me, which by this time I had enlarg'd into several Apartments, or Caves, one within another. One of these, which was the dryeft, and largest, and had a Door out beyond my Wall or Fortification; that is to say, beyond where my Wall join'd to the Rock, was all fill'd up with the large Earthen Pots, of which I have given an Account, and with fourteen or fifteen great Baskets, which would hold five or fix Bushels each, where I laid up my Stores of Provision, especially my Corn, some in the Ear cut off short from the Straw, and the other rubb'd out with my Hand.

As for my Wall made, as before, with long Stakes or Piles, those Piles grew all like Trees, and were by this Time grown so big, and spread so very much, that there was not the leaft Appearance to any one's View of any Habitation behind them.

Near this Dwelling of mine, but a little farther within the Land, and upon lower Ground, lay my two Pieces of Corn-Ground, which I kept duly cultivated and fow'd, and which duly yielded me their Harvest in its Seafon; and whenever I had occafion for more Corn, I had more Land adjoining as fit as that.

Befides this, I had my Country Seat, and I had now a tolerable Plantation there also ; for first, I had my little Bower, as I call'd it, which I kept in Repair; that is to say, I kept the Hedge which circled it in, constantly fitted up to its usual Height, the

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the Ladder standing always in the Infide; I kept the Trees which at first were no more than my Stakes, but were now grown very firm and tall; I kept them always so cut, that they might spread and grow thick and wild, and make the more agreeable Shade, which they did effectually to my Mind. In the Middle of this I had my Tent always standing, being a Piece of a Sail spread over Poles fet up for that Purpose, and which never wanted any Repair or Renewing; and under this I had made me a Squab or Couch, with the Skins of the Creatures I had kill'd, and with other soft Things, and a Blanket laid on them, fuch as belong'd to our Sea-Bedding, which I had faved, and a great Watch-Coat to cover me; and here, whenever I had Occasion to be absent from my chief Seat, I took up my Country Habitation.

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Adjoining to this I had my Enclosures for my Cattle, that is to say, my Goats: And as I had taken an inconceivable deal of Pains to fence and enclose this Ground, so I was so uneasy to fee it kept entire, left the Goats should break thro', that I never left off till with infinite Labour I had stuck the Outside of the Hedge so full of small Stakes, and fo near to one another, that it was rather a Pale than a Hedge, and there was scarce Room to put a Hand thro between them, which afterwards when those Stakes grew, as they all did in the next rainy Seafon, made the Enclofure strong like a Wall, indeed stronger. than any Wall.

This will testify for me that I was not idle, and that I fpared no Pains to bring to pass whatever appear'd necessary for my comfortable Support; ; for 1 consider'd the keeping up a Breed of tame Creatures thus at my Hand, would be a living Magazine of Flesh, Milk, Butter and Cheese,

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