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木排做得相当牢固，也能吃得住相当的重量。接着我就考虑该装些什么东西上去，还要防止东西给海浪打湿。不久我便想出了办法。我先把船上所能找到的木板都铺在木排上，然后考虑了一下所需要的东西。我打开三只船员用的箱子，把里面的东西倒空，再把它们一一吊到木排上。第一只箱子里我主要装食品：粮食、面包、米、三块荷兰酪干、五块羊肉干，以及一些剩下来的欧洲麦子--这些麦子原来是喂船上的家禽的。现在家禽都已死了。船上本来还有一点大麦和小麦，但后来发现都给老鼠吃光了或搞脏了，使我大为失望。至于酒类，我也找到了几箱，那都是船长的。里面有几瓶烈性甜酒，还有五、六加仑椰子酒。我把酒放在一边，因为没有必要把酒放进箱子，更何况箱子里东西也已塞满了。在我这般忙碌的时候，只见潮水开始上涨，虽然风平浪静，但还是把我留在岸边的上衣、衬衫和背心全部冲走了。这使我非常懊丧，因为我游泳上船时，只穿了一条长短及膝的麻纱短裤和一双袜子。这倒使我不得不找些衣服穿了。船里衣服很多，但我只挑了几件目前要穿的，因为我认为有些东西更重要，尤其是木工工具。我找了半天，总算找到了那只木匠箱子。此时工具对我来说是最重要的，即使是整船的金子也没有这箱木匠工具值钱。我把箱子放到木排上，不想花时间去打开看一下，因为里面装些什么工具我心里大致有数。 My next Care was for some Ammunition and Arms; there were two very good Fowling-pieces in the great Cabbin, and two Pistols, these I secur'd first, with some Powder-horns, and a small Bag of Shot, and two old rusty Swords; I knew there were three Barrels of Powder in the Ship, but knew not where our Gunner had stow'd them, but with much search I found them, two of them dry and good, the third had taken Water, those two I got to my Raft, with the Arms, and now I thought my self pretty well freighted, and began to think how I should get to Shore with them, having neither Sail, Oar, or Rudder, and the least Cap full of Wind would have overset all my Navigation. 其次，我必须搞到枪枝和弹药。大舱里原来存放着两支很好的鸟枪和两支手枪，我都拿了来，又拿了几只装火药的角筒，一小包子弹和两把生锈的旧刀。我知道船上还有三桶火药，只是不知道炮手们把它们放在什么地方了。我找了半天，终于找到了。有两桶仍干燥可用，另一桶已浸水了。我就把两桶干燥的火药连同枪支一起放到木排上。这时我发现木排上装的东西已不少了，就开始动脑筋如何运上岸，因为一没帆、二没桨、三没舵，只要有点风，就会把木排打翻在海里。 I had three Encouragements, 1. A smooth calm Sea, 2. The Tide rising and setting in to the Shore, 3. What little Wind there was blew me towards the Land; and thus, having found two or three broken Oars belonging to the Boat, and besides the Tools which were in the Chest, I found two Saws, an Axe, and a Hammer, and with this Cargo I put to Sea; For a Mile, or thereabouts, my Raft went very well, only that I found it drive a little distant from the Place where I had landed before, by which I perceiv'd that there was some Indraft of the Water, and consequently I hop'd to find some Creek or River there, which I might make use of as a Port to get to Land with my Cargo. 当时，有三点情况令人鼓舞：第一，海面平静如镜；第二，时值涨潮，海水正向岸上冲；第三，虽有微风，却也吹向岸上。我找到了原来小艇上用的三支断桨；此外，除了工具箱中的那些工具外，另外还找出了两把锯子，一把斧头和一只头。货物装载完毕，我就驾起木排向岸上进发。最初一海里，木排行驶相当稳当，但却稍稍偏离了我昨天登陆的地方。至此，我发现，原来这一带的水流直向岸边一个方向流去。因此，我想附近可能会有一条小溪或小河，果真如此的话，我就可驾木排进入港口卸货了。 As I imagin'd, so it was, there appear'd before me a little opening of the Land, and I found a strong Current of the Tide set into it, so I guided my Raft as well as I could to keep in the Middle of the Stream: But here I had like to have suffer'd a second Shipwreck, which, if I had, I think verily would have broke my Heart, for knowing nothing of the Coast, my Raft run a-ground at one End of it upon a Shoal, and not being a-ground at the other End, it wanted but a little that all my Cargo had slip'd off towards that End that was a-float, and so fall'n into the Water: I did my utmost by setting my Back against the Chests, to keep them in their Places, but could not thrust off the Raft with all my Strength, neither durst I stir from the Posture I was in, but holding up the Chests with all my Might, stood in that Manner near half an Hour, in which time the rising of the Water brought me a little more upon a Level, and a little after, the Water still rising, my Raft floated again, and I thrust her off with the Oar I had, into the Channel, and then driving up higher, I at length found my self in the Mouth of a little River, with Land on both Sides, and a strong Current or Tide running up, I look'd on both Sides for a proper Place to get to Shore, for I was not willing to be driven too high up the River, hoping in time to see some Ship at Sea, and therefore resolv'd to place my self as near the Coast as I could. 果然不出所料，不久我就看到了一个小湾，潮水正直往里涌。于是我驾着木排，尽可能向急流的中心飘去。在这里，我几乎又一次遭到了沉船失事的灾祸。果真那样，那我可要伤透心了。因为我尚不熟悉地形，木排的一头忽然一下子搁浅在沙滩上，而另一头却还飘在水里。只差一点，木排上的货物就会滑向飘在水里的一头而最后滑入水中。这种情况下，我只能竭尽全力用背顶住那些箱子，不让它们下滑。但我怎么用力也无法撑开木排，而且，我只能死顶着，无法脱身做其他事情。就这样我足足顶了半个钟头。直到后来，潮水继续上涨，木排才稍平衡。又过了一会儿，潮水越涨越高，木排又浮了起来。我用桨把木排向小河的入海口撑去，终于进入河口。这儿两边是岸，潮水直往里涌。我观察了一下小河两岸的地势，准备找个合适的地方停靠。我不想驶入小河太远的地方，而是想尽量靠近海边的地方上岸，因为我希望能看到海上过往的船只。 At length I spy'd a little Cove on the right Shore of the Creek, to which with great Pain and Difficulty I guided my Raft, and at last got so near, as that, reaching Ground with my Oar, I could thrust her directly in, but here I had like to have dipt all my Cargo in the Sea again; for that Shore lying pretty steep, that is to say sloping, there was no Place to land, but where one End of my Float, if it run on Shore, would lie so high, and the other sink lower as before, that it would endanger my Cargo again: All that I could do, was to wait 'till the Tide was at highest, keeping the Raft with my Oar like an Anchor to hold the Side of it fast to the Shore, near a flat Piece of Ground, which I expected the Water would flow over; and so it did: As soon as I found Water enough, for my Raft drew about a Foot of Water, I thrust her on upon that flat Piece of Ground, and there fasten'd or mor'd her by sticking my two broken Oars into the Ground; one on one Side near one End, and one on the other Side near the other End; and thus I lay 'till the Water ebb'd away, and left my Raft and all my Cargo safe on Shore. 最后，我终于在小河的右岸发现一个小湾。我费尽艰辛，好不容易把木排驶到最浅的地方。我用桨抵住河底，尽力把木排撑进去。可是，在这里，我几乎又一次险些把货物全都倒翻在水里。这一带河岸又陡又直，找不到可以登岸的地方。如果木排一头搁浅在岸上，另一头必定会像前次那样向下倾斜，结果货物又有滑向水里的危险。这时，我只好用桨作锚，把木排一边固定在一片靠近河岸的平坦的沙滩上，以等待潮水涨高，漫过沙滩再说。后来，潮水果然继续上涨，漫上沙滩，等水涨得够高了，我就把木排撑过去，因为木排吃水有一尺多深。到了那儿，我用两支断桨插入沙滩里，前后各一支，把木排停泊好，单等潮水退去，就可把木排和货物品平安安地留在岸上了。 
接下来我得观察一下周围的地形，找个合适的地方安置我的住所和贮藏东西，以防发生意外。至今我还不知自己身处何地，在大陆上呢，还是在小岛上，有人烟的地方呢，还是没有人烟的地方，有野兽呢，还是没有野兽。离我不到一英里的地方，有一座小山，高高耸立于北面的山丘之上，看来那是一道山脉。我拿了一支鸟枪、一支手枪和一角筒火药，向那座山的山顶走去。历尽艰辛，总算爬上了山顶；环顾四周，不禁令我悲伤万分。原来我上了一个海岛，四面环海，极目所至，看不见一片陆地，只见远方几块孤岩礁石；再就是西边有两个比本岛还小的岛屿，约在十五海里开外。 I found also that the Island I was in was barren, and, as I saw good Reason to believe, un-inhabited, except by wild Beasts, of whom however I saw none, yet I saw Abundance of Fowls, but knew not their Kinds, neither when I kill'd them could I tell what was fit for Food, and what not; at my coming back, I shot at a great Bird which I saw sitting upon a Tree on the Side of a great Wood, I believe it was the first Gun that had been fir'd there since the Creation of the World; I had no sooner fir'd, but from all the Parts of the Wood there arose an innumerable Number of Fowls of many Sorts, making a confus'd Screaming, and crying every one according to his usual Note; but not one of them of any Kind that I knew: As for the Creature I kill'd, I took it to be a Kind of a Hawk, its Colour and Beak resembling it, but had no Talons or Claws more than common, its Flesh was Carrion, and fit for nothing. 我还发现，这个海岛非常荒凉，看来荒无人烟，只有野兽出没其间，但至今我尚未遇见过任何野兽，却看到无数飞禽，可都叫不出是什么飞禽，也不知道打死之后肉好不好吃。回来路上，见一只大鸟停在大树林旁的一棵树上，就向它开了一枪。我相信，自上帝创造这世界以来，第一次有人在这个岛上开枪。枪声一响，整个森林里飞出无数的飞鸟，各种鸟鸣聒噪而起，呼号交作，乱成一片，但我却叫不出一个来。我打死的那只鸟，从毛色和嘴看，像是一种老鹰，但没有钩爪，其肉酸腐难吃，毫无用处。 Contented with this Discovery, I came back to my Raft, and fell to Work to bring my Cargo on Shore, which took me up the rest of that Day, and what to do with my self at Night I knew not, nor indeed where to rest; for I was afraid to lie down on the Ground, not knowing but some wild Beast might devour me, tho', as I afterwards found, there was really no Need for those Fears. 到此时我感到对岛上的环境已了解得差不多了，就回到木排旁，动手把货物搬上岸来。那天剩下的时间全都用在搬物品上了。至于夜间怎么办，在什么地方安息，则还心中无数。我当然不敢睡在地上，怕野兽来把我吃掉。后来才发现，这种担心是多余的。 However, as well as I could, I barricaded my self round with the Chests and Boards that I had brought on Shore, and me a Kind of a Hut for that Night's Lodging; as for Food, I yet saw not which Way to supply my self, except that I had seen two or three Creatures like Hares run out of the Wood where I shot the Fowl. 但我还是尽我所能，把运到岸上的那些箱子和木板，搭成一个像木头房子似的住所，把自己围起来保护自己，以便晚上可睡在里面。至于吃的，我至今还未想出办法如何为自己提供食物。在我打鸟的地方，曾见过两三只野兔似的动物从树林里跑出来。 I now began to consider, that I might yet get a great many Things out of the Ship, which would be useful to me, and particularly some of the Rigging, and Sails, and such other Things as might come to Land, and I resolv'd to make another Voyage on Board the Vessel, if possible; and as I knew that the first Storm that blew must necessarily break her all in Pieces, I resolv'd to set all other Things apart, 'till I got every Thing out of the Ship that I could get; then I call'd a Council, that is to say, in my Thoughts, whether I should take back the Raft, but this appear'd impracticable; so I resolv'd to go as before, when the Tide was down, and I did so, only that I stripp'd before I went from my Hut, having nothing on but a Chequer'd Shirt, and a Pair of Linnen Drawers, and a Pair of Pumps on my Feet. 这时我想到，船上还有许多有用的东西，尤其是那些绳索，帆布以及许多其他东西都可以搬上岸来。我决定只要可能，就再上船去一次。我知道，要是再刮大风暴，船就会彻底毁了。因此，我决定别的事以后再说，先把船上能搬下来的东西通通搬下来。这么一想，我就琢磨再次上船的办法。看来，再把大木排撑回去是不可能了。所以，我只好等潮水退后，像上次那样泅水过去。决心一下，我就立即付诸实施。不过，在我走出木屋之前，先脱掉衣服，只穿一件衬衫、一条短裤和一双薄底鞋。
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