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and cockles, in his way, which the sea had cast up and down the rock; and having a knife about him, he sat down and eat a few; so refreshed himself, his spirits being exhausted for want of food. This small nutriment very much recruited his decayed strength, and the thoughts of his supply of provisions having dispersed the dull ideas his late want had bred in his mind, he cheerfully takes his fish, which he drags with much more vigour than before; and filling his pockets with salt that was congealed by the sun, which he found in the cavities of the rock, away he goes to the place where he lay the night before, in order to dress some of his cod-fish; where, being come, he picks up a parcel of dry leaves, and with his knife and flint struck fire, and kindled them: then, getting together a few sticks, made a fire presently, and broiled a slice of his fish; which he eat so heartily that it overcame his stomach, being grown weak with fasting: thus sick and out of order, he applies to a helpless resource, which was lying down, and being much fatigued and harassed in hauling the heavy fish up and down the rock, he fell asleep till the next morning, during which time his rest was very much disturbed with the frightful dream of being attacked by a terrible monster, such as never was heard of, either for bigness or grimness, from which he was relieved by the interference of an old lady.
Having slept quietly the remainder of the night, he awoke in the morning pretty fresh and hearty, but very much disturbed at his late dream, which he feared presaged and prognosticated some approaching evil; but as he could make no comparative allusion of the old lady, who rescued him
