Crusoe's island . I saw thatdreadful footprint; I saw it, through the dim vista ofthe past, upon tee banks of the Ohio, where I had playedin boyhood; I saw it again in my first bright glowing-dream of the island world, when, with the simplicity ofchildhood, I prayed that I might be cast upon a desolateisland; I saw it in the cream-colored volume—everywhere—back in childhood, in youth, now again in man-hood—from the first to the last, at home, abroad—wher-ever thought could wander, I saw that strange and won-drous footprint. In trying to get up the cliff where I could look outfor the savages, I
Crusoe's island . I saw thatdreadful footprint; I saw it, through the dim vista ofthe past, upon tee banks of the Ohio, where I had playedin boyhood; I saw it again in my first bright glowing-dream of the island world, when, with the simplicity ofchildhood, I prayed that I might be cast upon a desolateisland; I saw it in the cream-colored volume—everywhere—back in childhood, in youth, now again in man-hood—from the first to the last, at home, abroad—wher-ever thought could wander, I saw that strange and won-drous footprint. In trying to get up the cliff where I could look outfor the savages, I fancied the tuft of grass that I hadhold of gave way, and I rolled over the precipice intothe sea; and this was not altogether an unfounded idea,for I actually had worked myself off the goatskin, andwas at that moment paddling about in a sea of I fell asleep, and a great many confused visionswere impressed upon my mind. I saw the savages downon the beach, going through all their infernal THE SAVAGE OIWIKS. They had seized upon my comrades, and were roastingthem in flaming fires, and eating the fattest of them with 126 CEUSOES ISLAND. great relish. The flesh of the Doubter, I thought, wasso lean and tough that they were unable to eat if; butthey stripped it off in long flakes, and hung it roundtheir necks, and danced with it swinging about theirbodies, as if they regarded it as the finest ornament inthe world. His head was cut off ancLscalped, and hisskull lay upon the ground. I thougm; Abraham hadchanged again into Friday, and I called upon him tolook at this dreadful scene, and help me to kill thesewretched cannibals; but no sooner did he catch sight ofthe Doubters skull, than he ran from me toward thespot, and picked it up with a horrible shout of triumph,and sticking his gun into it he held it in the air, anddanced all round in a circle laughing like a devil. TheDoubter, perceiving this in some strange way (for hewas without a head), jumped to his
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