% 1 4 The Dijlrejfes and Adventures 



doing fo in Reality, nor even fo much as of 

 exchanging one Word with any of my Fel- 

 low-Creatures again, I have cry'd out aloud, 

 That furely no State of Life was ever compa- 

 rable to this of mine ; and yet, wretched as 

 it feemed, my Defires of prolonging it were 

 fo powerful, that I had determined to re- 

 turn and linger out the Remainder of my 

 Days among the Coco Nuts I mention- 

 ed before ; but when I confider'd, that 

 this could not be done without once more 

 croffing the River, which had like to have 

 proved fo fatal to me, this Thought vanifti- 

 ed. Thus I fat deliberating two whole Days, 

 whether I Ihould run the Rifque of myLife that 

 Way, or ftay here and affuredly perifli ; but 

 at the End of this time, the Weather proved 

 calm and ferene, and the Sea began to ap- 

 pear as fmooth as Glafs. This I beheld with 

 Tranfport from the Rock, and made no! 

 doubt, but this was the Time offered for 

 my Deliverance, and therefore taking a hafty 

 Leave of my Tree, which had fhelter'd me 

 five Nights, I went as near to the Point as 

 poflible, and waited till the Sea was out ; 

 then, humbly begging of Providence to be 

 my Guide and Affiftantj, I faften'd my Nets 



