110 PROVIDING FOR FUTURE DEFENCE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“ACCORDINGLY I LET MYSELF DOWN INTO THE WATER.”

indeed divers pieces of her afterwards did; but those things were
of small use to me.

My thoughts were now wholly employed about securing myself
against either savages, if any should appear, or wild beasts, if any
were in the island; and I had many thoughts of the method how
to do this, and what kind of dwelling to make, whether I should
make me a cave in the earth, or a tent upon the earth. And, in
short, I resolved upon both, the manner and description of which
it may not be improper to give an account of.