ve made the
coast of Spain, and at least reached to the bay of Cadiz; but my
resolutions were, blow which way it would, I would be gone from that
horrid place where I was, and leave the rest to fate.

After we had fished some time and caught nothing--for when I had fish on
my hook I would not pull them up, that he might not see them--I said to
the Moor, "This will not do; our master will not be thus served; we must
stand farther off." He, thinking no harm, agreed, and being in the head
of the boat, set the sails; and, as I had the helm, I ran the boat out
near a league farther, and then brought her to, as if I would fish; when,
giving the boy the helm, I stepped forward to where the Moor was, and
making as if I stooped for something behind him, I took him by surprise
with my arm under his waist, and tossed him clear overboard into the sea.
He rose immediately, for he swam like a cork, and called to me, begged to
be taken in, told me he would go all over the world with me. He swam so
strong after the boat that he would have reached me very quickly, there
being but little wind; upon which I stepped into the cabin, and fetching
one of the fowling-pieces, I presented it at him, and told him I had done
him no hurt, and if he would be quiet I would do him none. "But," said
I, "you swim well enough to reach to the shore, and the sea is calm; make
the best of your way to shore, and I will do you no harm; but if you come
near the boat I'll shoot you through the head, for I am resolved to have
my liberty;" so he turned himself about, and swam for the shore, and I
make no doubt but he reached it with ease, for he was an excellent
swimmer.

I could have been content to have taken this Moor with me, and have
drowned the boy, but there was no venturing to trust him. When he was
gone, I turned to the boy, whom they called Xury, and said to him, "Xury,
if you will be faithful to me, I'll make you a great man; but if you will
not stroke your face to be true to me"--that is, swear by Mahomet and his
father's beard--"I must throw you into the sea too." The boy smiled in
my face, and spoke so innocently that I could not distrust him, and swore
to be faithful to me, and go all over the world with me.

While I was in view of the Moor that was swimming, I stood out directly
to sea with the boat, rather stretching to windward, that they might
think me gone towards the Straits' mouth (as indeed any one that had been
in their wits must ha