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到了洞里，我给他吃了些面包和一串葡萄干，又给了他点水喝。因为我见他跑了半天，已经饥渴不堪了。他吃喝完毕后，我又指了指一个地方，做着手势叫他躺下来睡一觉。那儿铺了一堆干草，上面还有一条毯子，我自己有时也在上面睡觉。于是这个可怜的家伙一倒下去就呼呼睡着了。 He was a comely handsome Fellow, perfectly well made; with straight strong Limbs, not too large; tall and well shap'd, and as I reckon, about twenty six Years of Age. He had a very good Countenance, not a fierce and surly Aspect; but seem'd to have something very manly in his Face, and yet he had all the Sweetness and Softness of an European in his Countenance too, especially when he smil'd. His Hair was long and black, not curl'd like Wool; his Forehead very high, and large, and a great Vivacity and sparkling Sharpness in his Eyes. The Colour of his Skin was not quite black, but very tawny; and yet not of an ugly yellow nauseous tawny, as the Brasilians, and Virginians, and other Natives of America are; but of a bright kind of a dun olive Colour, that had in it something very agreeable; tho' not very easy to describe. His Face was round, and plump; his Nose small, not flat like the Negroes, a very good Mouth, thin Lips, and his line Teeth well set, and white as Ivory. After he had slumber'd, rather than slept, about half an Hour, he wak'd again, and comes out of the Cave to me; for I had been milking my Goats, which I had in the Enclosure just by: When he espy'd me, he came running to me, laying himself down again upon the Ground, with all the possible Signs of an humble thankful Disposition, making a many antick Gestures show it: At last he lays his Head flat upon the Ground, close to my Foot, and sets my other Foot upon his Head, as he had done before; and after this, made all the Signs to me of Subjection, Servitude, and Submission imaginable, to let me know, how he would serve me as long as he liv'd; I understood him in many Things, and let him know, I was very well pleas'd with him; in a little Time I began to speak to him, and teach him to speak to me; and first, I made him know his Name should be Friday, which was the Day I sav'd his Life; I call'd him so for the Memory of the Time; I likewise taught him to say Master, and then let him know, that was to be my Name; I likewise taught him to say, YES, and No, and to know the Meaning of them; I gave him some Milk, in an earthen Pot, and let him see me Drink it before him, and sop my Bread in it; and I gave him a Cake of Bread, to do the like, which he quickly comply'd with, and made Signs that it was very good for him. 这个野人生得眉清目秀，非常英浚他身材修短合宜，四肢挺直又结实，但并不显得粗壮。他个子很高，身体健康，年纪看来约二十六岁。他五官端正，面目一点也不狰狞可憎，脸上有一种男子汉的英勇气概，又具有欧洲人那种和蔼可亲的样子，这种温柔亲切的样子在他微笑的时候表现得更为明显。他的头发又黑又长，但不像羊毛似地卷着；他的前额又高又大，目光锐利而又活泼。他的皮肤不怎么黑，略带棕色，然而不像巴西人或弗吉尼亚人或美洲其他土人的肤色那样黄金褐色的，令人生厌，而是一种深茶青色的，油光乌亮，令人爽心悦目，劫难以用言语形容。他的脸圆圆胖胖的，鼻子却很小，但又不像一般黑人的鼻子那样扁；他的嘴形长得也很好看，嘴唇薄薄的，牙齿又平又白，白得如同象牙。他并没有睡得死死的，实际上只打了半小时的盹就醒来了。他一醒来就跑到洞外来找我，因为当时我正在挤羊奶，我的羊圈就在附近。他一见到我，立刻向我奔来，爬在地上，做出各种各样的手势和古怪的姿势，表示他臣服感激之心。最后，他又把头放在地上，靠近我的脚边，然后又像上次那样，把我的另一只脚放到他的头上，这样做之后，又向我作出各种姿势，表示顺从降服，愿终身做我的奴隶，为我效劳。他的这些意思我都明白了。我告诉他，我对他非常满意。不久，我就开始和他谈话，并教他和我谈话。首先，我告诉他，他的名字叫 "星期五"，这是我救他命的一天，这样取名是为了纪念这一天。我教他说"主人"，并告诉他这是我的名字。我还教他说"是"和"不是"，并告诉他这两个词的意思。我拿出一个瓦罐，盛了一些羊奶给他。我先喝给他看，并把面包浸在羊奶里吃给他看。然后，我给了他一块面包，叫他学我的样子吃。他马上照办了，并向我做手势，表示很好吃。 I kept there with him all that Night; but as soon as it was Day, I beckon'd to him to come with me, and let him know, I would give him some Cloaths, at which he seem'd very glad, for he was stark naked: As we went by the Place where he had bury'd the two Men, he pointed exactly to the Place, and shew'd me the Marks that he had made to find them again, making Signs to me, that we should dig them up again, and eat them; at this I appear'd very angry, express'd my Abhorrence of it, made as if I would vomit at the Thoughts of it, and beckon'd with my Hand to him to come away, which he did immediately, with great Sub mission. I then led him up to the Top of the Hill, to see if his Enemies were gone; and pulling out my Glass, I look'd, and saw plainly the Place where they had been, but no appearance of them, or of their Canoes; so that it was plain they were gone, and had left their two Comrades behind them, without any search after them. 晚上，我和他一起在地洞里睡了一夜。天一亮，我就叫他跟我一起出去，并告诉他，我要给他一些衣服穿。他明白了我的意思后，显得很高兴，因为他一直光着身子，一丝不挂。当我们走过他埋下两个尸体的地方时，他就把那地方指给我看，并告诉我他所做的记号。他向我做着手势，表示要把尸体掘出来吃掉！对此，我表示十分生气，我向他表明，对人吃人这种残忍的行为我深恶痛绝。我做出一想到这种罪恶勾当就要呕吐的样子。然后，我向他招手，叫他马上走开。他立即十分驯服地跟着我走了。我把他带到那小山顶上，看看他的敌人有没有走。我拿出望远镜，一眼就看到了他们昨天聚集的地方。但那些野人和独木舟都不见了。显然他们上船走了，并且把他们的两个同伴丢在岛上，连找都没有找他们。 But I was not content with this Discovery; but having now more Courage, and consequently more Curiosity, I takes my Man Friday with me, giving him the Sword in his Hand, with the Bow and Arrows at his Back, which I found he could use very dextrously, making him carry one Gun for me, and I two for my self, and away we march'd to the Place, where these Creatures had been; for I had a Mind now to get some fuller Intelligence of them: When I came to the Place, my very Blood ran chill in my Veins, and my Heart sunk within me, at the Horror of the Spectacle: indeed it was a dreadful Sight, at least it was so to me; though Friday made nothing of it: The Place was cover'd with humane Bones, the Ground dy'd with their Blood, great Pieces of Flesh left here and there, half eaten, mangl'd and scorch'd; and in short, all the Tokens of the triumphant Feast they had been making there, after a Victory over their Enemies; I saw three Skulls, five Hands, and the Bones of three or four Legs and Feet, and abundance of other Parts of the Bodies; and Friday, by his Signs, made me under stand, that they brought over four Prisoners to feast upon; that three of them were eaten up, and that he, pointing to himself, was the fourth: That there had been a great Battle between them, and their next King, whose Subjects it seems he had been one of; and that they had taken a great Number of Prisoners, all which were carry'd to several Places by those that had taken them in the Fight, in order to feast upon them, as was done here by these Wretches upon those they brought hither. 我对这一发现并不感到满足。现在，我勇气倍增，好奇心也随之增大。因此，我带了我的奴隶星期五，准备到那边看个究竟。我给了他一把刀，让他拿在手里，他自己又把弓箭背在背上--我已经了解到，他是一个出色的弓箭手。另外，我还叫他给我背一支枪，而我自己则背了两支枪。这样武装好之后，我们就向那些野人昨天聚集过的地方出发了，因为我很想获得有关那些野人充分的情报。一到那里，呈现在我面前的是一起惨绝人寰的景象，我血管里的血不由得都冰冷了，连心脏也停止了跳动。那真是一幅可怕的景象，至少对我而言实在惨不忍睹，可是对星期五来说，根本不当一回事。那儿遍地都是死人骨头和人肉，鲜血染红了土地；那大片大片的人肉，有的吃了一半，有的砍烂了，有的烧焦了，东一块西一块的，一片狼藉。总之，到处都是他们战胜敌人之后举行人肉宴的痕迹。我看到一共有三个骷髅，五只人手，三四根腿骨和脚骨，还有不少人体的其他部分。星期五用手势告诉我，他们一共带来了四个俘虏来这儿举行人肉宴，三个已经吃掉了。他是第四个。说到这里，他还指了指自己。他又告诉我，那些野人与他们的部族的新王发生了一次激烈的战争，而他自己是新王的臣员。他们这一边也抓了大批俘虏；这些俘虏被带到不同的地方杀掉吃了，就像那些野人把他们带到这儿杀了吃掉一样。 I caus'd Friday to gather all the Skulls, Bones, Flesh, and whatever remain'd, and lay them together on a Heap, and make a great Fire upon it, and burn them all to Ashes: I found Friday had still a hankering Stomach after some of the Flesh, and was still a Cannibal in his Nature; but I discover'd so much Abhorrence at the very Thoughts of it, and at the least Appearance of it, that he durst not discover it; for I had by some Means let him know, that I would kill him if he offer'd it. 我让星期五把所有的骷髅、人骨和人肉以及那些野人吃剩下来的东西收集在一起，堆成一堆，然后点上火把它们通通烧成灰烬。我发现星期五对那些人肉仍垂涎欲滴，不改他吃人的天性。但我明显地表现出对吃人肉的事极端憎恶，不要说看到这种事，甚至连想都不愿想。我还设法让他明白，如果他敢再吃一口人肉，我就把他杀了，这才使他不敢有所表示。 
办完这件事后，我们就回到城堡里去了。一到那里，我就开始为星期五的穿着忙碌起来。首先，我给了他一条麻纱短裤。这条短裤是我从那条失事船上死去的炮手箱子里找出来的。这件事我前面已提到过了。短裤略改一下，刚刚合他的身。然后，我又用羊皮给他做了件背心。我尽我所能缝制这件背心。应该说，我现在的裁缝手艺已相当不错了。另外，我又给了他一顶兔皮帽子，戴起来挺方便，样子也很时髦。现在，他的这身穿戴也还过得去了。他看到自己和主人几乎穿得一样好，心里十分高兴。说句实话，开始他刚穿上这些衣服时，深感行动不便；不但裤子穿起来感到很别扭，而且，背心的袖筒磨痛了他的肩膀和胳肢窝。后来我把那使他难受的地方略微放宽了一些，再加上对穿衣服也感到慢慢习惯了，他就喜欢上他的衣着了。 The next Day after I came home to my Hutch with him, I began to consider where I should lodge him, and that I might do well for him, and yet be perfectly easy my self; I made a little Tent for him in the vacant Place between my two Fortifications, in the inside of the last, and in the outside of the first; and as there was a Door, or Entrance there into my Cave, I made a formal fram'd Door Case, and a Door to it of Boards, and set it up in the Passage, a little within the Entrance; and causing the Door to open on the inside, I barr'd it up in the Night, taking in my Ladders too; so that Friday could no way come at me in the inside of my innermost Wall, without making so much Noise in getting over, that it must needs waken me; for my first Wall had now a compleat Roof over it of long Poles, covering all my Tent, and leaning up to the side of the Hill, which was again laid cross with smaller Sticks instead of Laths, and then thatch'd over a great Thickness, with the Rice Straw, which was strong like Reeds; and at the Hole or Place which was left to go in or out by the Ladder, I had plac'd a kind of Trap-door, which if it had been attempted on the outside, would not have open'd at all, but would have fallen down, and made a great Noise; and as to Weapons, I took them all to my Side every Night. 回到家里第二天，我就考虑怎样安置星期五的问题。我又要让他住得好，又要保证自己绝对安全。为此，我在两道围墙之间的空地上，给他搭了一个小小的帐篷，也就是说，这小帐篷搭在内墙之外，外墙之内。在内墙上本来就有一个入口通进山洞。因此，我在入口处做了个门柜和一扇木板门。门是从里面开的。一到晚上，我就把门从里面闩上，同时把梯子也收了进来。这样，如果星期五想通过内墙来到我身边，就必然会弄出许多声响，也就一定会把我惊醒。因为我在内墙和岩壁之间用长木条作椽子搭了一个屋顶，把我的帐篷完全遮盖了起来。椽子上又横搭了许多小木条，上面盖了一层厚厚的、像芦苇一样结实的稻草。在我用梯子爬进爬出的地方，又装了一个后门。从外面把门打开，是绝对不可能的，这样做，活门就会自动落下来，从而发出很大的声响。此外，我每夜都把武器放在身边，以备不时之需。 But I needed none of all this Precaution; for never Man had a more faithful, loving, sincere Servant, than Friday was to me; without Passions, Sullenness or Designs, perfectly oblig'd and engag'd; his very Affections were ty'd to me, like those of a Child to a Father; and I dare say, he would have sacrific'd his Life for the saving mine, upon any occasion whatsoever; the many Testimonies he gave me of this, put it out of doubt, and soon convinc'd me, that I needed to use no Precautions, as to my Safety on his Account. 其实，对星期五，我根本用不着采取任何防范措施。任何其他人都不可能有像星期五这样忠诚老实、听话可爱的仆人。他没有脾气，性格开朗，不怀鬼胎，对我又顺从又热心。他对我的感情，就像孩子对父亲的感情，一往情深。我可以说，无论何时何地，他都宁愿牺牲自己的生命来保护我。后来，他的许多表现都证明了这一点，并使我对此毫不怀疑。因此，我深信，对他我根本不用防备。
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