this last I had not the strength to hoist up to the ship's side,
so as to get it on my raft. There were some spare sails too which
I brought to shore.

I had some fear lest my stores might be run off with by beasts of
prey, if not by men; but I found all safe and sound when I went
back, and no one had come there but a wild cat, which sat on one
of the chests. When I came up I held my gun at her, but as she
did not know what a gun was, this did not rouse her. She ate a
piece of dry goat's flesh, and then took her leave.

Now that I had two freights of goods at hand, I made a tent with
the ship's sails, to stow them in, and cut the poles for it from
the wood. I now took all the things out of the casks and chests,
and put the casks in piles round the tent, to give it strength;
and when this was done, I shut up the door with the boards,
spread one of the beds (which I had brought from the ship) on the
ground, laid two guns close to my head, and went to bed for the
first time. I slept all night, for I was much in need of rest.

The next day I was sad and sick at heart, for I felt how dull it
was to be thus cut off from all the rest of the world. I had no
great wish for work: but there was too much to be done for me to
dwell long on my sad lot. Each day as it came, I went off to the
wreck to fetch more things; and I brought back as much as the
raft would hold. One day I had put too great a load on the raft,
which made it sink down on one side, so that the goods were lost
in the sea; but at this I did not fret, as the chief part of the
freight was some rope, which would not have been of much use to
me.