2 o 6 The Diftrejfes and Adventures 

 conftantly in my Mind, drove me almoft be- 

 fide mylelfj nor was all the Courage and 

 Refolution, which I fometimes began to 

 think I had acquired, of any Significance to 

 allay my Fears, no more than was the thorough 

 Refignation, which I fometimes prefumed to 

 think I had made to the Will of God, of any 

 Force to expel my Doubts of his Mercies 

 yet to come. Thus have I been convinced 

 by woeful Experience of the little Knowledge 

 we have of ourfelves. 



I t was almoft Sun-fet one Day when I 

 came to the Side of a River, where was 

 Plenty of Wood, of which I made up two 

 great Fires, and placed myfelf between them ; 

 for I had been dog'd by two Tigers all the 

 Day long, but I had kept clofe to the Sea ; 

 and whenever I perceived them making to- 

 wards me, I plung'd myfelf into it, and by 

 that Means avoided them. The next Morn- 

 ing, I faw great Numbers of Alligators lie 

 fleeping on the Sands, as I had done many 

 times before in travelling round great fandy 

 Bays. I had often heard fay, that thefe 

 Creatures will feize a Man on Land, but I 

 never found that they endeavoured to make 



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