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CONTENTS.

Robinson Crusoe's birth, parentage, and family. He opposes the wishes of

his parents, and goes to sea. Is shipwrecked in Yarmouth Roads. Sets

up for a Guinea trader. Is carried prisoner into Sallee and made a

slave. Escapes in a fishing-boat with Xury. Meets with negroes and

wild beasts. Is picked up by a Portuguese ship, and sails to the Brazils.

Turns planter. Sails as a supercargo. Suffers shipwreck, and is cast

on an uninhabited island.

CHAPTER II.

Crusoe's first night on the island. He swims to the wreck. Makes a raft,

and succeeds in saving provisions, &c. from the wreck. Seeks a proper

place for his habitation. Lands his cargo. Prepares a second raft. Re-

visits the wreck, and lands another cargo. Makes a little tent. Over-

sets his raft. Removes his tent to the side of a rock, and defends it

with a fence. Begins digging a cave. Is terrified by a storm, and se-

parates and hides his gunpowder. Discovers that there are goats on the

island, and shoots one of them. Sets the good against the evil of his

condition. Makes a table and chairs. Begins a journal. Is astonished

at discovering some English barley, and stalks of rice. An earthquake.

Crusoe goes several times to the wreck, and works upon it. Is very ill

with the ague, and has a terrible dream. Reads the Bible and prays.

Steeps tobacco in rum, drinks the liquor, and feels considerably re-

freshed. Commences a tour of discovery. Finds a delicious valley and

abundance of fruits. Builds a bower in the valley, and calls it his

country-house. Begins to enjoy himself. Observes the anniversary of

his landing as a solemn fast. His ink fails.

CHAPTER III.

Crusoe sows some of his grain. Visits his bower, and makes a little dis-
covery. Succeeds as a basket-maker. Travels across the island. Ob-

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serves the second anniversary of his shipwreck. Regularly divides his

time. Protects his young corn. His first harvest. He diverts himself

with his parrot. Makes pipkins, &c. His substitute for an oven. He

constructs a huge canoe, which he is unable to move. Keeps his fourth

anniversary. Tries his skill "a-tailoring." Makes a little canoe. At-

tempts to sail round the island, and fails. Is alarmed by his parrot.

Catches goats, and tames several. Encloses the latter with a fence.

Sketch of Crusoe's "figure." His habitations.

CHAPTER IV.

The naked footprint. Crusoe's fears, apprehensions, and resolutions. He

strengthens his "fortification." The "broken victuals" of the cannibals.

Crusoe's sanguinary contrivances. His anxieties. He is alarmed by an

old goat in a cave. Removes his ammunition thither. The cannibals visit

his side of the island. A ship in distress. Crusoe ventures out to the

wreck. His profitable reflections.

CHAPTER V.

Five canoes of savages come on shore. Crusoe rescues a prisoner, and

names him Friday. He gives him lessons in civilisation and religion.

Benamuckee. The "bearded men" on the mainland. Crusoe resolves

to join them. He and Friday construct and launch a large canoe. He

instructs Friday in navigation. Keeps his seven-and-twentieth anni-

versary. More savages visit the island. Crusoe and Friday sally forth

to attack them. They rescue a Spaniard and Friday's father. Friday's

ecstacy. Crusoe and the Spaniard converse about "the bearded men."

The Spaniard and Friday's father go with an invitation to them.

CHAPTER VI.

An English long-boat, with its contents. Crusoe "discovers himself" to

the English captain. Several mutineers are secured. Ten others come

on shore. Crusoe's stratagem to prevent their going on board. Their

consternation. An ambuscade. Death of the boatswain. Submission

of the boatswain's companions. Will Atkins intercedes for his life. The

captain recovers his vessel. He embraces Crusoe as his deliverer, and

makes him presents. Crusoe figures before the prisoners as governor.

They consent to remain on the island. Crusoe embarks for England.

CHAPTER VII.

Meets with an

Meets an old

Crusoe arrives in England. Finds some of his family.
unexpected "piece of gratitude." Sails for Lisbon.
friend there, and hears good news of his plantation. Becomes suddenly
rich, and makes presents. Goes to Madrid. Friday's alarm at the

cold. Pampeluna. A guide. Friday shoots a wolf. Friday "makes

laugh" with a bear. The travellers are attacked by wolves. Crusoe

lands at Dover. He marries. Engages to go as a private trader to

the East Indies.

Crusoe illustrates a homely proverb. His wife brings him to reason.

turns farmer. His wife dies. He sets out on a voyage with his nephew.

A ship on fire. Deliverance and extravagant delight of the crew.

ship in distress. Misery of the crew and passengers from hunger. The

sufferers in the cabin. Crusoe arrives at his island, and goes on shore.

Friday's joyful meeting with his father. Crusoe is received by the Spa-

niards with great civility. .

CHAPTER II.

Crusoe supplies "a defect" in his "former relation." Arrival of the Spa-

niards. Brutal conduct of three of the English settlers to their coun-

trymen. Encounter between a Spaniard and an Englishman. The

three Englishmen are disarmed, and begin to cool. They turn vagrants.

They make reparation to their countrymen. Three savages are taken

prisoners. Another broil with the three Englishmen, who are "sent to

Coventry." They become householders. Sail to the mainland. Return,

and relate their adventures. The Indian prisoners. The Englishmen

choose themselves wives. Unwelcome visitors. Three savages, being

left behind by their companions, are captured. One of them escapes.

A cannibal invasion. Conflagration and slaughter. The savages retreat.

A second invasion. A conflict. Will Atkins's bravery. A second con-

flict. The savages fly to the woods. Their extremity and distress.

One of them is taken alive. They settle on the south-east corner of the

island. The colony enjoys perfect tranquillity.

CHAPTER III.

Ingenuity of the Indians in wicker-work. Will Atkins's house. Crusoe's
conversation with the Spaniards. He feasts with the settlers. Distri-
butes his cargo of goods among them. The three colonies. An excel-
lent priest. His discourse fills Crusoe with admiration. His missionary
zeal. The Englishmen consent to be formally married. Will Atkins

calls in question his own missionary qualifications. He appears in a new

character. He makes a confession. A baptism and wedding. Another

wedding. How the colony was settled. Crusoe gives Will Atkins a

CHAPTER IV.

Crusoe takes leave of the island. A naval engagement. Death of Friday.

Crusoe arrives at Brazil, and sends a sloop with supplies to the island.

Crusoe "exclaims against himself." Sails to the Cape of Good Hope.

Madagascar. The seamen trade with the natives. A fray with the

natives. Its origin. The crew go in quest of Tom Jeffrys. They

determine to visit the Indian town. What they found there. A mas-

sacre. The crew become discontented with Crusoe's "preaching." He

finds himself in a minority, and is left behind. He disposes of his goods.

Goes into partnership.

CHAPTER V.

Crusoe makes a profitable voyage. He and his partner purchase a ship.

Crusoe receives alarming information. A chase. A facetious engage-

ment with the Cochin Chinese, in which pitch does the part of powder.

An old Portuguese pilot. Nanquin. The misery of a state of con-

stant fear. A Japan merchant. Crusoe and his colleague part with

CHAPTER VI.

Crusoe's animadversions on the Chinese. A Chinese country gentleman.

Pekin. A large caravan. A house of china-ware. The great wall of

China. Sheep-hunting. Skirmish with the Tartars. "No man's land."

Crusoe goes after a camel, and gets his head broken. A Chinese coun-

try justice. A Tartar demonstration. Naum. Nertzinskay. An un-

couth idol and its worshippers. Crusoe insults the idol, and runs for his

life. He resolves to visit it again. Destruction of the idol, and anger

of the country people. The caravan is pursued. A stratagem. The

Tonguese. Janezay.

CHAPTER VII.

Crusoe arrives at Tobolski in Siberia. Provides against the cold. A

Russian grandee. A Siberian winter. Crusoe tempts the Russian

nobleman to escape, and fails of success. He quits Tobolski with the

nobleman's son. The travellers are attacked by Tartars. They escape

in the night. Arrive at Archangel. Conclusion. Page 349-363.

THE

Life and Adventures

OF

ROBINSON CRUSOE.

PART FIRST.

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