gan to sing and dance as I walked along.

"The old man, perceiving the effect which this liquor had upon me, and
that I carried him with more ease than before, made me a sign to give
him some of it. I handed him the calabash, and the liquor pleasing his
palate, he drank it all off. There being a considerable quantity of it,
he became intoxicated, and the fumes getting up into his head, he began
to sing after his manner, and to dance, thus loosening his legs from
about me by degrees. Finding that he did not press me as before, I threw
him upon the ground, where he lay without motion; I then took up a great
stone, and crushed him.

"I was extremely glad to be thus freed forever from this troublesome
fellow. I now walked toward the beach, where I met the crew of a ship
that had cast anchor, to take in water. They were surprised to see me,
but more so at hearing the particulars of my adventures. 'You fell,'
said they, 'into the hands of the Old Man of the Sea, and are the first
who ever escaped strangling by his malicious tricks. He never quits
those he has once made himself master of till he has destroyed them, and
he has made this island notorious by the number of men he has slain.'

"After having informed me of these things, they carried me with them to
the ship, and the captain received me with great kindness, when they
told him what had befallen me. He put out again to sea, and after some
days' sail, we arrived at the harbour of a great city.

"One of the merchants who had taken me into his friendship invited me to
go along with him, and carried me to a place appointed for the
accommodation of foreign merchants. He gave me a large bag, and having
recommended me to some people of the town, who used to gather
cocoa-nuts, desired them to take me with them. 'Go,' said he, 'follow
them, and act as you see them do, but do not separate from them,
otherwise you may endanger your life.' Having thus spoken, he gave me
provisions for the journey, and I went with them.

"We came to a thick forest of cocoa-trees, very lofty, with trunks so
smooth that it was not possible to climb to the branches that bore the
fruit. When we entered the forest we saw a great number of apes of
several sizes, who fled as soon as they perceived us, and climbed up to
the top of the trees with surprising swiftness.

"The merchants with whom I was, gathered stones and threw them at the
apes on the trees. I did the same, and the apes out of revenge th