200 The T)tjlrejfe$ and Adventures 



In the Words of the Scripture, cry'd out, 

 That furely fome evil Beaft had devoured 

 them, and that thofe my Guides and faith- 

 fnl Companions were without Doubt rent in 

 Pieces. 



After taking this forrowful Leave 

 of the Place of my Abode, I threw my 

 Nets a-crofs my naked Shoulders, and de- 

 parted. All the Provifion I had, was a few 

 Plantains that remain'd of thofe we got on 

 the Ifland, where we refted in crofling Golfo 

 Dolce. I took care to keep as clofe to the 

 Sea as poffible, believing no wild Beaft 

 would venture to attack me near it : And 

 this I have Reafon to believe, for one Day 

 having ftray'd a little from the Sea-fide, I 

 obferved a Tiger (who, I fuppofe, had 

 dog'd me for fome time) fculking firft be~ 

 hind one Tree and then another, and as it 

 were ready to take a Spring, and feize me 

 as a Cat does her Prey ; but upon difcover- 

 ing his Defign, I immediately ran and threw 

 myfelf into the Sea, and at the fame time 

 obferved him to be as expeditious in retiring 

 into the Woods, by which I plainly faw 

 that he was, in Reality, afraid to come near 



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