for adding too little to the store, and that they might not pretend to
search me; and they were very civil to me, upon the presumption that I had
been so faithful to them as not to conceal anything from them.

But our money did us little service, for the people neither knew the value
or the use of it, nor could they justly rate the gold in proportion with
the silver; so that all our money, which was not much when it was all put
together, would go but a little way with us, that is to say, to buy us
provisions.

Our next consideration was to get away from this cursed place, and whither
to go. When my opinion came to be asked, I told them I would leave that all
to them, and I told them I had rather they would let me go into the woods
to get them some provisions, than consult with me, for I would agree to
whatever they did; but they would not agree to that, for they would not
consent that any of us should go into the woods alone; for though we had
yet seen no lions or tigers in the woods, we were assured there were many
in the island, besides other creatures as dangerous, and perhaps worse, as
we afterwards found by our own experience.

We had many adventures in the woods, for our provisions, and often met with
wild and terrible beasts, which we could not call by their names; but as
they were, like us, seeking their prey, but were themselves good for
nothing, so we disturbed them as little as possible.

Our consultations concerning our escape from this place, which, as I have
said, we were now upon, ended in this only, that as we had two carpenters
among us, and that they had tools almost of all sorts with them, we should
try to build us a boat to go off to sea with, and that then, perhaps, we
might find our way back to Goa, or land on some more proper place to make