Accidents > Life and most surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner, who lived eight and twenty years in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque

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ROBINSON CRUSOE.
tenance ha.d nothing in it fierce and furly, but rather
a jcrt of majefty in his face; and yet, elpecially when
he fmiled, he had all the fvceetnefs and foftntfs of an
European. His hair was not curled like wool, as
many of the blacks are, but jong and black, with the
moft beautiful, yet carelefs trefl’es fpreading over his
fhouldcrs. He had a very high and large forehead,
with a great vivacity and i’parkling lharpnsfs in his
eyes. His fkin was not fo tawny as the Virginians-1
B raft Hans, or other Americans, but rather of a bright
dun olive colour, that had Ibmething agreeable in it,
though not very eafy to give a defeription of. His face
was round and plump, with a fmall nofe, very dif¬
ferent from the flatnefs of the negroes, a pretty fmalt
mouth, thin lips, fine teeth, very well fet, and
white as the driven fnow. In a word, fuch hand-
fbme features, and exaflfymmetry in every part made
me confider that I had faved the life of an Indian
prince, no lefs graceful and accomplifhed than the
great Orocnoko, whefe memorable behaviour, and un¬
happy contingencies of life has charmed the world,
both to admiration of his perfon, and compaffion to
his fufferings.
But let him be either prince or peafant, all my hap-
pmeis centered in this, that I had now got a good fer-
vant, or companion, to whom, as he deferved, I was
refolved to prove a kind mafter, and lafling friend.
He had not, I think, flept above an hour, when he
awakened again, and while I was milking my goats
hard by, out he run, from the cave towards mein my
enclofure, and laying himfeif down on the ground in
the loweft proftration, made all the antic geftures
imaginable, to exprefs his thankfulnefs to me forbeing
his deliverer. I confefs, though the manner of his
behaviour feemed to be ludicrous enough to occafion
laughter; yet I was very much moved at his affeffion,
fo that my heart melted within me, fearing he
might die away in excefs of joy, like reprieved male-
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