Upon the whole，as I found by all his Discourse a settled Affection to me，and that nothing should part him from me，so I found all the Foundation of his Desire to go to his own Country，was laid in his ardent Affection to the People，and his Hopes of my doing them good；a Thing which as I had no Notion of my self，so I had not the least Thought or Intention，or Desire of undertaking it. But still I found a strong Inclination to my attempting an Escape as above，founded on the Supposition gather'd from the Discourse，（viz.） That there were seventeen bearded Men there；and therefore，without any more Delay，I went to Work with Friday to find out a great Tree proper to fell，and make a large Periagua or Canoe to undertake the Voyage. There were Trees enough in the Island to have built a little Fleet，not of Periagua's and Canoes，but even of good large Vessels. But the main Thing I look'd at，was to get one so near the Water that we might launch it when it was made，to avoid the Mistake I committed at first.
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