FIRST DAY IN THE FOREST. 



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could not but recall the experience of Crusoe in a 

 similar situation to mine : 



" I believe that it was the first Gun that had ever 

 been fir'd there since the creation of the World ; for I 

 had no sooner fir'd, but from all parts of the Wood 



The crested Cassican. 



there arose an innumerable number of Fowls of many 

 sorts, making a confus'd screaming and crying, every 

 one according to his Kind." 



And after the great noise had somewhat subsided, 

 I heard what seemed to me was a human voice, say- 

 ing, " Who ? who ? who are you ? " 



This voice startled me more than all the rest, for 

 I had not heard the sound of human speech since the 

 departure of my friends on the vessel. As the dark- 

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