Робинзон Крузо
Tames Goats
Theywhoknowwhatitistohaveareprievebroughttothemupontheladder,ortoberescuedfromthievesjustgoingtomurderthem,orwhohavebeeninsuchlikeextremities,mayguesswhatmypresentsurpriseofjoywas,andhowgladlyIputmyboatintothestreamofthiseddy; andthewindalsofreshening,howgladlyIspreadmysailtoit,runningcheerfullybeforethewind,andwithastrongtideoreddyunderfoot.
Thiseddycarriedmeaboutaleagueinmywaybackagain,directlytowardstheisland,butabouttwoleaguesmoretothenorthwardthanthecurrentwhichcarriedmeawayatfirst; sothatwhenIcameneartheisland,Ifoundmyselfopentothenorthernshoreofit,thatistosay,theotherendoftheisland,oppositetothatwhichIwentoutfrom.
WhenIhadmadesomethingmorethanaleagueofwaybythehelpofthiscurrentoreddy,Ifounditwasspent,andservedmenofarther. However,Ifoundthatbeingbetweenthetwogreatcurrents,viz.,thatonthesouthside,whichhadhurriedmeaway,andthatonthenorth,whichlayaboutaleagueontheotherside;Isay,betweenthesetwo,inthewakeoftheisland,Ifoundthewateratleaststill,andrunningnoway; andhavingstillabreezeofwindfairforme,Ikeptonsteeringdirectlyfortheisland,thoughnotmakingsuchfreshwayasIdidbefore.
Aboutfouro’clockintheevening,beingthenwithinaboutaleagueoftheisland,Ifoundthepointoftherockswhichoccasionedthisdisasterstretchingout,asisdescribedbefore,tothesouthward,andcastingoffthecurrentmoresouthwardlyhad,ofcourse,madeanothereddytothenorth, andthisIfoundverystrong,butnotdirectlysettingthewaymycourselay,whichwasduewest,butalmostfullnorth.
