206 CRUSOE'S ISLAND. 



Another confirmatory fact is, that at the head of 

 Crown Point is a cave, known as "• Crusoe's Cave " to 

 this day, because of the tradition tliat Crusoe resided 

 there. What he himself says about it may be here 

 recalled : " The Place I was in was as delightful a 

 Cavity or Grotto of its kind as could be expected, 

 although perfectly dark." It was here that he found 

 that old " He-Goat," whose eyes glared at him so 

 through the darkness, and made him shiver with 

 fright. 



It was on one side of and near Crown Point that 

 Crusoe's ship was stranded ; not many miles distant 

 that he built his castle, with its cave attachment ; 

 and in the hills beyond that he had his " Bower." 

 But the place where he first saw the cannibals, where 

 he discovered Friday, and where the Indians used to 

 land, coming over from Trinidad, is a few miles dis- 

 tant, to the north. It is* called Courland Bay, and 

 here the Indians dwelt— as evidenced by the many 

 stone axes and arrowheads discovered here — where 

 the rounded hills slope gently to the shore, where the 

 coral ledges inclose delightful bathing places, and the 

 waves lap quietly the yellow sands. 



Having secured the confirmation I sought— that 

 the landing place of our hero was at or near this 

 point, at the southern end of the island — my mission 

 was accomplished ; I mounted my mule again and de- 

 parted for the plantation. Previous to my departure, 

 however, the Governor of Tobago, at that time, Lieu- 

 tenant-Colonel Frederick Gore (now deceased), invited 



