CHAPTER XX. 



A VISIT TO THE WORLD OUTSIDE. 



A State of blissful content — We visit the old plantation — Scar- 

 borough, the capital of Tobago— Entertained by the " Queen's 

 Own " and the Governor — A glimpse of Trinidad — At Golden 

 Grove — The schooner on a coral reef— Corroboration of Cru- 

 soe's story — The cave where Crusoe found the " old He-Goat " 

 — Where the cannibals landed, and where Man Friday was 

 discovered. 



It may be supposed that Man Friday and myself 

 had frequent conversations regarding the resources and 

 the people of the island on which I was camped, and 

 canvassed thoroughly the advisability of inspecting 

 the portion which was then unknown to me. Like 

 myself, Thomas Ned shrank from any movement 

 that would make known to the residents of the south- 

 ern end of the island our whereabouts ; not from any 

 feeling of unsociability, but from a natural desire to 

 remain undiscovered. We had attained to that state 

 of blissful contentment, of perfect satisfaction with 

 our surroundings, that permitted of no intrusion with- 

 out a threatened disruption of the conditions creating 

 them. 



We had both been so often buffeted by ill for- 

 tune, had received so many kicks and cuffs from 



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