2 o 8 The Dijirefes and Adventures 

 bly fall on me through this irretrievable 

 Lois, fixed me down to the Earth motion- 

 Iefs as a Stone ; fo that I judged it utterly 

 tmneceflary to turmoil my weakened Body 

 any more, and therefore took a Refolution 

 to fit ftill here, and receive my Fate, whe- 

 ther it, were that I lhould be torn in Pieces by 

 wild Beafts, or whether I ftiould perilh to 

 Death with Hunger. 



Thus I fat expeSing a fpeedy Dilu- 

 tion of my miferable Life ; when, about 

 Noon, to my great Aftoni foment, my Nets, 

 with all they contained, were brought 

 fafe on Shore to me by the Waves. How 

 much Caufe had I then to praife the Giver 

 of all Things ! and how was I afterward 

 tranfported to find, that none of myNecef- 

 faries were wanting or damaged, for my Cafe 

 had kept them all dry I for, by way of 

 Caution, I made it of a Hide when I was 

 at Nicoya, before I fat out on the unfor- 

 tunate Expedition in the Canoes, which I 

 many times bitterly repented of, and attri- 

 buted all my prefent Misfortunes to my too 

 great Impatience of getting home to my own 

 Country ; Whereas, had 1 contented myfelf 



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