Page 413 - Child's own book

While I was in view of Muley, I stood out to sea, but it no
sooner grew dark, than I changed my course, and steered to
the south, I made such sail, that Leflore the end of the next
day, I believe I was beyond the Emperor of Morocco's domi­
nions. Yet so dreadful were my apprehensions of falling again
into my master's hands, that I wouid not stop to go oil shore
till I had sailed in this manner five days; and then the wind
shifting to the southward, I ventured to come to an anchor at
the mouth of a little river.
The principal thing I wanted was fresh water; hut though
T was no less afraid of the savages than of the wild beasts, our
necessities obliged us to land, for we had not a pint. The next
morning Xury asked for one of the jirs, and said he would
go and seek tor water v I asked him why he Would go. The boy
answered with so much affection,, lhat 1 could not help loving
him,— “ If wild man cornea, they eat me, you go away."—
“ Well, X uiy,” said I, *( we will both go, and if the wild men
come, we will kill them,- they shall eat neither of us,F’ I then
gave Xury a dram out of one of the case-botties, and having
hauled the boat as near the shore as we though* proper, we waded
to Iandt carrying nothing but our arms, and two jars for water.
The boy seeing a loiv place about a mile up the country, rambled
thither; and, by-and-bv, I saw him come running towards m e;
when, thinking he might be pursued by some savages, or
frightened by some wild beast, 1 ran to meet him ; but when I
came nearer, I saw' something hanging over his shoulder, which
was a creature he had shot, like a hare, and we found it very
good meat; but the great joy that poor Xury came with, was
to tel] me that he had found good water,and seen no wild mans.
We therefore filled our jars, ft-asted on our hare, and then set Sail.
Several times after, we were obliged to go ashore for fresh
watery and once in particular, early in the morning, Xury called