In the morning he again got on board, and coasted along close inshore, till he came to a bay with a little river running into it, which made a very good harbor for the boat.  Here he left her, and went on foot.

Soon he found that he was not far from a spot that he had once before visited, and by afternoon he arrived at the hut which he called his country-house.  Robinson got over the fence by the ladder, as usual, pulling it up after him, and then he lay down to rest in the shade, for he was still very weary from the hard work of the day before.  Soon he fell asleep.  But what was his surprise in a little time to be awakened by a voice calling, “Robin!  Robin Crusoe! where are you?”

At first he thought he was dreaming.  But still the voice went on calling: 

“Where are you, Robin?”

Up he jumped, trembling with fright and wonder, for it was so long since he had heard any voice but his own that he fancied it must be something more than human that he now listened to.  But no sooner had he risen than he saw, sitting on the tree near to him, his parrot, which must have flown all the way from Robinson’s other house, where it had been left.  It was talking away at a great rate, very excited at again seeing its master, and Robinson hardly knew whether to be more relieved or disappointed that it was only the bird that had called him.

For about a year after this Robinson kept to his own side of the island, and employed his time chiefly in working on his land, and in making dishes and pots of clay.  These he had now learned to burn properly.  Pipes, too, he made, and they were a great comfort to him, for he managed to cure very good tobacco from the wild plants that grew around.  And as he feared lest his powder might begin to run short, he thought much over ways whereby he could trap goats for food, instead of shooting them.  After many trials, the best plan, he decided, was to dig holes, which he covered with thin branches and leaves, on which he sprinkled earth, so that when anything heavy passed over, it must fall into the pit.  By this means he caught many, and the kids he kept and tamed, so that in no great time he had quite a large herd of goats.  These he kept in various small fields, round which from time to time he had put fences.

V

Robinson sees A footprint on the sand, finds A cave, and rescues Friday

All this time Robinson had never gone near his canoe, but now the longing came on him to go over to where he had left her, though he felt that he should be afraid again to put to sea in her.  This time, however, when he got to the hill from which he had watched the set of the current the day that he had been carried out to sea, he noticed that there was no current to be seen, from which he concluded that it must depend on the ebb and flow of the tide.  Still, he was afraid to venture far in the canoe, though he stopped some time at his country-house, and went out sailing very often.