surprise, on the bottom of the canoe lay another prisoner, an
old man, tied so hard, neck and heels, that even when his bonds were
cut he could not move.

No sooner did Friday look at him and hear him speak, than he began to
dance and shout and laugh, and then kneeling down, rubbed noses with
the savage (which is what these folks do instead of kissing each
other), and he was so excited that for some time he could not explain
what was the matter. As soon as he could speak, he told Robinson that
the man whom they had found was his father.

Both Friday's father and the Spaniard, who was worn out with fighting,
had to be carried up to the castle.

No cannibals were ever again known to visit this island.

VII

ARRIVAL OF AN ENGLISH SHIP; ROBINSON SAILS FOR HOME

Soon after this Robinson had a long talk with the Spaniard, who told
him how he and his comrades had been wrecked four years since, on that
part of the coast where Friday's tribe lived. He said that they were
well treated by the natives, but that they were put to very great
straits now for want of clothes, that their powder was finished, and
that they had lost all hope of ever getting back to their own country.
He himself, he said, had been captured in one of the many small wars
that are always taking place among the various tribes.

It struck Robinson that it might be possible for him to get these men
over to his island, provided that he could be sure of their good
faith, and that when they came, they did not take the island from him
by treachery. It was a risk, he thought, but then, if he got so many
men, it would not be difficult to build a small ship that could carry
them all to England.

So he asked the Spaniard if he would promise, and if he thought he
could get his comrades to take an oath that, if Robinson helped them,
they would look on him as their captain, and would swear to obey him
in all things. The Spaniard readily promised for himself, and said
that he was sure his comrades would keep faith.

It was arranged, therefore, that in about six months, when the next
harvest was reaped, and there would be plenty of food for so many
extra men, the Spaniard and Friday's father should go over to the
mainland in one of the canoes which had been taken from the savages.

Meantime, all hands set about the curing of very large quantities of
raisins, and much other work was done to be in readiness for the
coming of these men.

When the harvest w