The life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, mariner . them, when hesaw it, after musing a good while, turning about to me, I amsure, says he, that man has no need of usj you need donothing but give him tools. Then I brought them out all my store of tools, and gaveevery man a digging spade, a shovel, and a rake, for we had noharrows or ploughs; and to every separate place a pickaxe, a OF liJDBINSON CRUSOE. 391 crow, a broad axe, and a saw; always appointing, that as oftenas any were broken, or worn out, they should be supplied, with-out grudging, out of the general stores tha
The life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, mariner . them, when hesaw it, after musing a good while, turning about to me, I amsure, says he, that man has no need of usj you need donothing but give him tools. Then I brought them out all my store of tools, and gaveevery man a digging spade, a shovel, and a rake, for we had noharrows or ploughs; and to every separate place a pickaxe, a OF liJDBINSON CRUSOE. 391 crow, a broad axe, and a saw; always appointing, that as oftenas any were broken, or worn out, they should be supplied, with-out grudging, out of the general stores that I left behind. Nails, staples, hinges, hammers, chisels, knives, scissors, andall sorts of tools and iron-work, they had without tale as theyrequired; for no man would care to take more than he wanted,and he must be a fool that would waste or spoil them on anyaccount whatever. And for the use of the smith I left twotons of unwrought iron for a supply. My magazine of powder and arms which I brought them,was such, even to profusion^ that they could not but rejoice at. them; for now they could march, as I used to do, with amusket upon each shoulder, if there was occasion; and wereable to fight a thousand savages, if they had but some littleadvantages of situation, which also they could not miss of if theyhad occasion. I carried on shore with me the young man whose motherwas starved to death, and the maid also; she was a sober, well-educated, religious young woman, and behaved so inoffensively,that every one gave her a good word. She had, indeed, anunhappy life with us, there being no woman in the ship butherself: but she bore it with patience. After a while, seeing 392 LIFE AND Q4DVENTURES things so well ordered, and in so fine a way of thriving uponmy island, and considering that they had neither business noracquaintance in the East Indies, or reason for taking so long avoyage; I say, considering all this, both of them came to me,and desired I would give them leave to remain on
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