68 ROBINSON CRUSOE.

From the 26th to the 30th, I worked very hard in carrying
all my goods to my new habitation, though some part of the
time it rained exceedingly hard.

The 31st, in the morning, I went out into the island with my
gun, to see for some food, and discover the country ; when I
killed a she-goat, and her kid followed me home, which I after-
wards killed also because it would not feed.

LVovember 1.—I set up my tent under a rock, and lay there
for the first night; making it as large as I could, with stakes
driven in to swing my hammock upon.

LVov. 2.—I set up all my chests and boa~+:, and the pieces
of timber which made my rafts, and with them formed a fence
round me, a little within the place I had marked out for my
fortification.

LVov. 3.—I went out with my gun, and killed two fowls like
ducks, which were very good food. In the afternoon went to
work to make me a table.

JVov. 4.—This morning I began to order my times of work,
of going out with my gun, time of sleep, and time of diversion ;
viz, : every morning I walked out with my gun for two or three
hours, if it did not rain; then employed myself to work till
about eleven o'clock ; then ate what I had to live on; and from
twelve till two I lay down to sleep, the weather being excessively
hot; and then, in the evening, to work again. The working
part of this day and of the next was wholly employed in making
my table, for I was yet but a very sorry workman, though time
and necessity made me a complete natural mechanic soon after,
as I believe they would do any one else.

Nov. 5.—This day, went abroad with my gun and my dog,
and killed a wild cat; her skin pretty soft, but her flesh good
for nothing ; every creature that I killed I took off the skins and
preserved them. Coming back by the sea-shore, I saw many
sorts of sea-fowls, which I did not understand ; but was sur-
prised, and almost frightened, with two or three seals, which,
while I was gazing at, not well knowing what they were, got into
the sea, and escaped me for that time.

{Vov. 6.—After my morning walk, I went to work with my
table again, and finished it, though not to my liking; nor was
it long before I learned to mend it.

LVov. 7.—Now it began to be settled fair weather. The 7th,
8th, gth, roth, and part of the 12th (for the 11th was Sunday),
I took wholly up to make me a chair, and with much ado
brought it to a tolerable shape, but never to please me; and
even in the making I pulled it in pieces several times