gain, and
Friday and I, in about two hours' time, made a very handsome tent,
covered with old sails, and above that with boughs of trees, being in the
space without our outward fence and between that and the grove of young
wood which I had planted; and here we made them two beds of such things
as I had--viz. of good rice-straw, with blankets laid upon it to lie on,
and another to cover them, on each bed.

My island was now peopled, and I thought myself very rich in subjects;
and it was a merry reflection, which I frequently made, how like a king I
looked. First of all, the whole country was my own property, so that I
had an undoubted right of dominion. Secondly, my people were perfectly
subjected--I was absolutely lord and lawgiver--they all owed their lives
to me, and were ready to lay down their lives, if there had been occasion
for it, for me. It was remarkable, too, I had but three subjects, and
they were of three different religions--my man Friday was a Protestant,
his father was a Pagan and a cannibal, and the Spaniard was a Papist.
However, I allowed liberty of conscience throughout my dominions. But
this is by the way.

As soon as I had secured my two weak, rescued prisoners, and given them
shelter, and a place to rest them upon, I began to think of making some
provision for them; and the first thing I did, I ordered Friday to take a
yearling goat, betwixt a kid and a goat, out of my particular flock, to
be killed; when I cut off the hinder-quarter, and chopping it into small
pieces, I set Friday to work to boiling and stewing, and made them a very
good dish, I assure you, of flesh and broth; and as I cooked it without
doors, for I made no fire within my inner wall, so I carried it all into
the new tent, and having set a table there for them, I sat down, and ate
my own dinner also with them, and, as well as I could, cheered them and
encouraged them. Friday was my interpreter, especially to his father,
and, indeed, to the Spaniard too; for the Spaniard spoke the language of
the savages pretty well.

After we had dined, or rather supped, I ordered Friday to take one of the
canoes, and go and fetch our muskets and other firearms, which, for want
of time, we had left upon the place of battle; and the next day I ordered
him to go and bury the dead bodies of the savages, which lay open to the
sun, and would presently be offensive. I also ordered him to bury the
horrid remains of their barbarous feast, which I