目录
A Warning
The Storm
Pirates
Escape from Slavery
Brazil
Shipwreck
Sole Survivor
First Days
The Journal: Food and Shelter
The Journal: Natural Disasters
The Journal: Illness
The Journal: Recovery
The Journal: Exploring the Island
The Journal: Of Pots and Canoes
The Journal: Reflections
No Escape
Further Improvements
A Footprint
Bones
Fear and Isolation
The Lost Ship
Encounter with Savages
Friday Observed
Friday Instructed
New Plans
Savages Return
Prisoners Freed
The Mutineers
Ship Recaptured
Return to England
Adventures with Friday
Island Again
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摘要
Yet even in this voyage I had my misfortunes too; particularly,that I was continually sick, being thrown into a violent calenture by theexcessive heat of the climate; our principal trading being upon thecoast, from the latitude of fifteen degrees north even to the line itself.
I was now set up for a Guinea trader; and my friend, to my greatmisfortune, dying soon after his arrival, I resolved to go the same voy-age again, and I embarked in the same vessel with one who was hismate in the former voyage and had now got the command of the ship.This was the unhappiest voyage that ever man made; for though I didnot carry quite 100 of my new-gained wealth, so that I had 200left, and which I lodged with my friend's widow, who was very just tome, yet I fell into terrible misfortunes in this voyage; and the first wasthis, viz., our ship making her course towards the Canary Islands, orrather between those islands and the African shore, was surprised inthe gray of the morning by a Turkish rover of Sallee, who gave chase tous with all the sail she could make. We crowded also as much canvas asour yards would spread, or our masts carry, to have got clear; but find-ing the pirate gained upon us, and would certainly come up with us in afew hours, we prepared to fight; our ship having twelve guns, and therogue eighteen. About three in the afternoon he came up with us, andbringing to, by mistake, just athwart our quarter, instead of athwartour stem, as he intended, we brought eight of our guns to bear on thatside and poured in a broadside upon him, which made him sheer offagain, after returning our fire and pouring in also his small-shot fromnear 200 men which he had on board. However, we had not a mantouched, all our men keeping close. He prepared to attack us again,and we to defend ourselves; but laying us on board the next time uponour other quarter, he entered sixty men upon our decks, who immedi-ately fell to cutting and hacking the decks and rigging. We plied themwith small-s
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