I was so happy to be free again and I offered the captain of the ship everything that I had in return for my safety. He replied that he would take nothing from me. His ship was going to Brazil in South America
and he promised that when I landed there I could take all my possessions with me.
'I have saved your life,' he said, 'on the same conditions as I would want to be saved myself. Some day I may be in the same need as you were.'
The captain wanted to buy my boat and asked me how much I wanted for it. I replied that I could not name any price, but that I would accept any offer he made. He offered me eighty pieces of silver for the boat and also sixty pieces of silver for Xury. At first I did not want to part with Xury, after he had been so faithful to me during our voyage. However, the captain promised to set Xury free in ten years' time, and the boy was willing to go, so I agreed to sell him.
We had a very good voyage to Brazil and arrived three weeks after I had joined the ship. The captain would accept no money from me for my passage and gave me all that he had promised. He also gave me forty pieces of silver for the lion's skin.
When I left the ship, I had one hundred and eighty pieces of silver. For the first few months I lived with a sugar cane planter, and enjoyed the life so much that I decided that I too would try my luck as a planter. For this I needed to get the rest of my money from London. My kind friend, the captain of the Portuguese ship, promised to help me to do this.
'If you will give me a letter, Mr Englishman,' he said, 'I will take it to the widow in London who has your money. When I come to Brazil again, I will bring you goods which you will be able to sell at a good profit.'
While I waited for his return, I bought as much land as I could afford. I had a neighbour who was in much the same position as myself. At first we cultivated the land for our own food. Later on we cleared enough ground to be able to plant some tobacco.
I also prepared an even larger piece of ground ready for the day when I could plant sugar canes. Now that I had so much ground ready for planting, I realised that I would need some help on my estate. I was sorry that I had parted with the boy Xury.
The captain was as good as his word. He took my letter to the widow in London who looked after my money. She sent one hundred pounds to a number of merchants who sent goods to that value to the captain in Lisbon.
The Portuguese captain brought me such a selection of cloth and other valuable goods that I was easily able to sell them. With the profit that I made I was able to have three servants, who helped me in the house and in my fields.
By the time that I had lived in Brazil for over four years I knew the language well. I had a number of friends among the planters and also among the merchants of San Salvador
in the Bahamas.
I had often told them of my trading trips to the Guinea coast.
I had also told them how easy it was to trade beads, toys and scissors for gold dust and ivory. The planters were very interested to hear that it was also possible to get slaves who would work on the estates.
Some time later three of the planters came to see me. They told me that they were badly in need of more workers for their estates. They wanted me to sail with them in a ship to the African coast. They promised, in return for my help, that I would have an equal share of the slaves which they would bring back, and that the trip would cost me nothing.
This was a very good offer, and I accepted it. I arranged for my estate to be looked after while I was away, and we set sail as soon as all was ready. We crossed the equator after ten days. Very soon afterwards we met a storm of such fury that for a fortnight we could do nothing but go where the wind took us.
When the wind dropped, we looked at our charts and came to the conclusion that the nearest land was one of the islands of the West Indies.
These islands lay to our north-west and we set sail in that direction. Before we could reach them, we met a second storm which drove us well off our course.
The wind was still blowing very hard one morning when one of our men on look-out cried out, 'Land ahead!' We all ran on deck to have a look. As we did so, there was a crash and the ship shuddered violently. We were firmly stuck on a sand bank. The waves were breaking against the side of the ship, and water was pouring on to the decks. It would not be long before the ship would break into pieces in such a sea.
Fortunately the wind dropped a little
and we thought that we would try to launch one of the ship's boats. The boat at the stern of the ship had been smashed to pieces by the waves, but we had another boat on board which we were able to get over the side safely. Eleven of us got into it and began to row as best as we could towards the land. Before we had gone very far, a huge wave came behind us. It lifted the boat as if it had been a feather and tossed it forward. In a second we were all struggling in the sea.
QUESTIONS AND TASKS
1. Why did the Portuguese captain refuse to be paid for rescuing Robinson Crusoe?
2. What arrangements did they make with regard to Robinson Crusoe's possessions?
3. What did Crusoe do when he lived in Brazil?
4. What language do people speak in Brazil?
5. What happened when Robinson Crusoe sailed from Brazil to Guinea?
6. What did Robinson Crusoe do? Put the events in order.
left for Guinea;
made money and bought land;
struggled in the sea for his life;
hired three servants;
sailed to Brazil on the Portuguese ship;
sold Xury to the Portuguese captain.
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1.The Portuguese captain refused to be paid for rescuing Robinson Crusoe because on the same conditions he would want to be saved himself.
2. The captain promised that when Robinson landed in Brazil in South America, he could takes all his possesions with him.
3. When Robinson lived in Brasil, he bought as much land as he could afford. At first he cultivated the land for his own food.Later on he cleared enough ground to be able to plant some tobacco.
4.The people speak in Brasil Portuguese.
5.When Robinson Crusoe sailed from Brasil to Guinea he met a storm of such fury that for a fortnight we could do nothing but go where the wind took us. When the wind dropped he looked at his charts and came to the conclusion that the nearest land was one of the islands of the West Indies.
6. -sailed to Brazil on the Portuguese ship
-sold Xury to the Portuguese captain
-made money and bought land
-hired three servants
-left for Guinea
-struggled in the sea for his life
1. He thinks some day he may be in the same need as Robinson was.
2. They have saved his life on the same conditions as they would want to be saved themselves.
3. He sell his boat to the capitan, he make a friend and he learn portugese.
4. In Brazil the people speak portugese.
5. He went in Bahamas.
1. He thinks some day he may be in the same need as Robinson was.
2.He could takes all his possesions with him.
3.At first he cultivated the land for his own food.Later on he cleared enough ground to be able to plant some tobacco.
4.In Brazil the people speak portugese
5.He went in Bahamas.
4. In Brasil, the people speak portuguese.
5. Robinson Crusoe went in Bahamas.
6. -sailed to Brasil on the Portuguese ship
-sold Xury to the Portuguese captan
-made money and bought land
-hired three servants
-left for Guinea
-struggled in the sea for his life
1The Portuguese captain refused to be paid for rescuing Robinson Crusoe because he considered that it would be possible that some day he may be in the same need as Robinson was and he would wanted to be saved on the same conditions.
2.The captain didn’t want anything from the Robinson Crusoe’s possessions. Besides this the captain offered him eighty pieces of silver for the boat, sixty pieces of silver for Xury and also forty pieces of silver for the lion's skin.
3.When Robinson lived in Brasil, he bought as much land as he could afford. At first he cultivated the land for his own food. Later on he cleared enough ground to be able to plant some tobacco. He also prepared an even larger piece of ground ready to be cultivated with sugar canes as soon as he get his money from England.
4.The people in Brasil speak Portuguese language.
5.When Robinson Crusoe sailed from Brasil to Guinea he met a storm of such fury that for a fortnight he and his friends could do nothing but go where the wind took them. When the wind dropped he looked at his charts and came to the conclusion that the nearest land was one of the islands of the West Indies so he sailed in that direction hoping to reach the land.
6.sailed to Brazil on the Portuguese ship and during the voyage he sold Xury to the Portuguese captain;
made money and bought land;
hired three servants;
left for Guinea;
struggled in the sea for his life.
1. Portuguese captain refused to be paid for rescuing Robinson Crusoe because he considered some day he may be in the same need as Robinson Crusoe was.
2. He prommised that when they landed in Brasil he could takes all his possesion with him.
3. When Robinson lived in Brasil, he bought as much land as he could affrod. At first they cultivated the land for their food. Later on they cleared enough to be able to plant some tobacco.
4. The people in Brasil speak Portuguese language.
5. He went in Bahamas
1.The Portuguese captain refused to be paid for rescuing Robinson Crusoe because on the same conditions he would want to be saved himself.
2. They have saved his life on the same conditions as they would want to be saved themselves.
3. When Robinson lived in Brasil, he bought as much land as he could afford. At first he cultivated the land for his own food.Later on he cleared enough ground to be able to plant some tobacco
4. In Brazil the people speak portugese
5.He went in Bahamas.
6. 1)sailed to Brazil on the Portuguese ship
2)sold Xury to the Portuguese captain
3)made money and bought land
4)hired three servants
5)left for Guinea
6)struggled in the sea for his life
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